Apply For School of Choice
How to Apply for School of Choice
How to Apply for School of Choice![]()
How to Apply for School of Choice
An active Student ID is required.
The School of Choice Application Window has closed for the 2024/2025 school year and will reopen February 2025.
Priority Codes for School of Choice Placement
Priority Codes for School of Choice Placement![]()
Priority Codes for School of Choice Placement
EMP - One of the parents/guardians is a CUSD employee AND this is your work site.
SIB - There is a sibling already attending the school applying for and will remain there for next school year (K-11). (You will need to provide the sibling's name, student ID, and grade).
CONT – Continuously enrolled at the current site in grades K-12. This code does not apply when a student is matriculating to the next level (elementary to middle or middle to high school). This code also does not apply to students currently enrolled in preschool or TK.
CFD - You pay Mello-Roos, Community Facilities District (CFD), which goes towards CUSD. Click here for a list of addresses that pay CFD to CUSD.
LOT - Lottery, none of the codes above apply.
SIB - There is a sibling already attending the school applying for and will remain there for next school year (K-11). (You will need to provide the sibling's name, student ID, and grade).
CONT – Continuously enrolled at the current site in grades K-12. This code does not apply when a student is matriculating to the next level (elementary to middle or middle to high school). This code also does not apply to students currently enrolled in preschool or TK.
CFD - You pay Mello-Roos, Community Facilities District (CFD), which goes towards CUSD. Click here for a list of addresses that pay CFD to CUSD.
LOT - Lottery, none of the codes above apply.
LI - Currently enrolled in the Language Immersion Program and are matriculating from 5th to 6th grade or 8th to 9th only. Any questions, please contact the Language Immersion department.
District students residing in any Board approved school attendance area shall first be provided the option of attending their school of residence. After all school of residence students have been placed, the requests for School of Choice (made during the open window) placements will be honored according to the following priority criteria, not on a first come first serve basis, until all openings at a given school are filled or all requests have been met, whichever occurs first. If the number of remaining available spaces at that school does not accommodate all students within a single Priority Criteria, then the District shall conduct a lottery among the students within that Priority Criteria and grant applications in order of the names drawn within that category. SOC is not approved on a first come first served basis. All applications are reviewed after the window closes.