Transfers and Open Enrollment
*Only one transfer request per student per year is permitted by families
**For any transfer request, if your child is placed on a wait list, that wait list will be active through Dec. 31 of the school year for which that request was made.
- Open Enrollment
- Interdistrict Transfers
- Intradistrict Transfers
- Thomas Edison - Spanish Dual Immersion (SDI)
- School Visitation Days / Tours
Open Enrollment
- The Open Enrollment Lottery is an annual process that allows families who live within the boundaries of San Juan Unified School District an opportunity to request a school of their choice, provided there is space available at the requested school and families are willing to provide transportation.
- Available space is determined by defined physical and program capacity of the school after placement of enrolled resident students.
- The Open Enrollment Lottery application is available starting on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at 8 a.m. through Jan. 23, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Notification of the Open Enrollment Lottery Results
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Open Enrollment emails will come from PowerSchool or San Juan Enrollment Technicians.
- All emails to notify parents of placement, updated placement, or to accept placement will come from PowerSchool.
- If you have not received information, please check the spam or junk folders of your email.
- Accepting a seat is not the end of the process if you are not already enrolled in San Juan Unified. Once a seat is accepted, you will need to complete the enrollment process, if you are not already enrolled, by following the directions on the next email you receive from PowerSchool
- If you are already enrolled in San Juan Unified, you will only need to accept the seat.
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The emails will be sent near the end of the first week of February 2026 and they will come from a PowerSchool email.
- Parents should receive the results from PowerSchool through the email you set up with your PowerSchool account.
- Please be aware that the Open Enrollment Lottery is not determined on a first come, first served basis.
- A computerized random lottery process will determine which students are accepted into their Open Enrollment choice school.
Family Priorities Assigned During Open Enrollment (Resident Families Only)
- Priority 1 - Returning to the family resident school
- Priority 2
- Siblings will attend the requested school for the Open Enrollment Lottery year
- A parent or legal guardian works at the requested school for the Open Enrollment Lottery year
- Priority schools - low-performing schools as identified by the state (may change from year to year)
- Priority 3
- A parent or legal guardian who works in the district, but not at the requested site for the Open Enrollment Lottery year
- A family who lives within a 40% superimposed boundary of an open school
- A family who lives adjacent to the boundary of a requested school that is not their resident school
- Priority 4 - All other resident families
Apply for Open Enrollment for the 2026-27 School Year
(Dec. 1, 2025, 8 a.m. - Jan. 23, 2026, 5 p.m.)
Now Closed
Interdistrict Transfers
Communication Information:
- Transfer emails will come from PowerSchool or San Juan Enrollment Technicians.
- All emails to notify parents of placement, updated placement, or to accept placement will come from PowerSchool.
- If you have not received information, please check the spam or junk folders of your email.
- Accepting a seat is not the end of the process. Once a seat is accepted, you will need to complete the enrollment process by following the directions on the next email you receive from PowerSchool
(Outgoing) An interdistrict transfer is a transfer from San Juan Unified School District to a different school district.
- To transfer to a district outside of San Juan Unified School District, fill out the ITP below, have it signed by the San Juan Director of Enrollment, and take it to your new district.
- Interdistrict Transfer Permit (Fillable)
- Please send Interdistrict transfer permits to transferdesk@sanjuan.edu for processing.
(Incoming) An interdistrict transfer is also a transfer from an outside district into San Juan Unified School District.
- The priority window for Interdistrict transfers into San Juan Unified for the 2026-27 school year is Jan. 30, 2026, through Feb. 27, 2026.
- To transfer from an outside district to San Juan Unified School District and you do not live within the San Juan Unified School District boundaries, please follow the steps below:
- Secure an Interdistrict Transfer Permit (ITP) from the district you are leaving, fill it out and make a copy for yourself, then turn in one completed copy to the district from which you are requesting the release.
- Take your copy of the ITP, upload it to the ITP transfer form through PowerSchool and answer all the questions. The ITP you upload does not need to be signed by the releasing district, but before we process the request we will need to receive a signed copy from the district with the release being granted. This is done by the school district, not you.
- Please click the link below to begin the process of your interdistrict transfer for the 2026-27 school year:
The Priority Window for Interdistrict Transfer Requests for the 2026-2027 School Year begins on January 30, 2026, and Runs Through February 27, 2026.
Intradistrict Transfers
Communication Information:
- Transfer emails will come from PowerSchool or San Juan Enrollment Technicians.
- All emails to notify parents of placement, updated placement, or to accept placement will come from PowerSchool.
- If you have not received information, please check the spam or junk folders of your email.
- Accepting a seat is not the end of the process. Once a seat is accepted, you will need to complete the enrollment process by following the directions in the next email you receive from PowerSchool.
Start your request
- An Intradistrict transfer is a request from a resident of the San Juan Unified School District to change schools within the San Juan Unified School District.
- An Intradistrict transfer is for those families who missed the Open Enrollment window.
- The priority window for the Intradistrict transfer for the 2026-27 school year is March 2, 2026, through April 24, 2026.
- To apply for an Intradistrict transfer, please click the links below:
The Priority Window for Intradistrict Transfer Requests for the 2026-2027 School Year (Next School Year) will begin on March 2, 2026, and Runs Through April 24, 2026.
Thomas Edison - Spanish Dual Immersion (SDI)
Application link, please click here.
School Visitation Days / Tours
Elementary Schools
Arlington Heights
● Fridays 9:00 am – 11:00 am & 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Visitation Days 916-971-5234)
- December 2, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 9, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 16, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 10, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day please RSVP 916-971-5360)
- January 8, 2026, 11:00 am (Visitation Day please RSVP 916-971-5360)
Del Dayo
- December 9, 2025, 9:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 15, 2026, 9:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 8, 2026, 9:30 am – 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 9, 2025, 10:15 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8430)
- January 7, 2026, 10:15 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8430)
- January 20, 2026, 10:15 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8430)
Grand Oaks
- November 12, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- November 13, 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Information Night)
- October 21, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8209)
- November 18, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8209)
- December 2, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8209)
- December 9, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8209)
- January 18, 2026, 9:00 am (Visitation Day RSVP 916-979-8209)
Gold River Discovery Center K-8
- November 4, 2025, 8:00 am – 10:00 am (Visitation Day)
- November 5, 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- December 2, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Visitation Day)
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary
- December 10, 2025, 9:15 am – 10:15 am (Visitation Day)
- January 13, 2026, 9:15 am - 10:15 am (Visitation Day)
James Cowan Fundamental Elementary
- December 1, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 4, 2025, 6:30 pm (Information Night)
- December 8, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 15, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 11, 2025, 9:30 am – 10:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 8, 2026, 9:30 am – 10:30 am (Visitation Day)
- December 10, 2025, 8:30 am (Visitation All Grades)
- January 7, 2026, 8:30 am (Visitation All Grades)
- November 7, 2025, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (Visitation Day)
- December 5, 2025, 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 15, 2026 (Virtual Zoom Visitation Day)
Oakview
- Please call school to schedule a tour (916) 979-8215
- November 5, 2025, 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm (Following 5th grade parent meeting in the MP room) (Middle School Information Night grade 6-8)
- November 14, 2025, 9:30 am (Middle School Only Visitation Day)
- December 5, 2025, 9:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 9, 2026, 9:30 am (Visitation Day)
- January 16, 2026, 9:30 am (Visitation Day)
Ottomon
- Tours available October and November (Please make an appointment 916-979-8228)
- December 16, 2025, 9:20 am (Grades TK – 6 Visitation Day)
- January 15, 2026, 9:20 am (Grades TK – 6 Visitation Day)
- November 13, 2025, 5:30 pm (Middle School Information Night)
- December 2, 2025, 8:15 am (Middle School Visitation Day)
- December 9, 2025, 8:15 am (TK – 5 Visitation Day)
Thomas Edison Language Institute (K-8)
- December 4, 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Information Night Spanish Dual Immersion Program)
- (Visitation Day Spanish Dual Immersion Program, please call for appointment 916-979-8960)
- October 24, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitstion Day)
- November 21, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
- December 12, 2025, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
- January 23, 2026, 9:00 am (Visitation Day)
Woodside
- November 19, 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- November 20, 2025 (Visitation Day)
- December 10, 2025 (Visitation Day)
Elementary Independent Study TK-5 (ISE) & Homeschool TK-8
- 5320 Hemlock Street, Sacramento, CA 95841 or virtual (throughout the school year by appointment only 916-979-8884 or lisa.dugan@sanjuan.edu)
Middle Schools
- Will be having an online option
- November 6, 2025, 6:00 pm (Information Night)
- December 11, 2025, 9:00 am - 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- January 15, 2026, 9:00 am - 11:00 am (Visitation Day)
- November 17, 2025, 9:00 am – 11:00 am or 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Visitation Day)
- November 18, 2025, 9:00 am – 11:00 am or 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Visitation Day)
- December 3, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Information night)
- December 4, 2025, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (Visitation Day)
- December 5, 2025, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (Visitation Day)
- October 22, 2025, 6:00 pm (IBMYP Accelerated Information Night)
- November 6, 2025, 8:00 am - 11:30 am & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (IBMYP Accelerated Visitation Day)
- November 7, 2025, 8:00 am - 11:30 am & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (IBMYP Accelerated Visitation Day)
El Sereno Middle School/Independent Study 6-8 (ISM)
- 10700 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 or virtual (throughout the school year by appointment only 916-971-5213 or bobbie.tedmon@sanjuan.edu)
Homeschool 6-8
- 5320 Hemlock Street, Sacramento, CA 95841 or virtual (throughout the school year by appointment only 916-979-8884 or lisa.dugan@sanjuan.edu)
- November 20, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (8th - 12th grade information night)
- January 14, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (8th - 12th grade Information Night)
- For information regarding Meraki High School and their enrollment process please fill out the form at the link below to RSVP. Events are located at 10700 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95826.
- Please complete the Google questionnaire to indicate which meeting you will attend by clicking the link below.
- Google Questionnaire - Select Date
- November 13, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- November 18, 2025, 8:30 am – 2:30 pm (Visitation Day - Call school to schedule an appointment 916-971-7891)
- September 18, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- Call school to schedule a visit 916-971-7873
- December 3, 2025, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm (Information Night)
High Schools
- November 6, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Information Night-Large Gym)
- November 12, 2025, 9:00 am – 11:30 am (Visitation Day check in at front desk)
- December 2, 2025, 9:00 am – 11:30 am (Visitation Day check in at front desk)
- November 6, 2025, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- November 19, 2025, 8:30 am – 12:15 pm (Visitation Day)
- November 20, 2025, 8:30 am – 12:15 pm (Visitation Day)
- 25/26 Casa Roble High School Campus Tours
- November 18, 2025, 7:00 pm (8th grade Information Night)
- November 19, 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (8th grade Visitation Day)
- November 20, 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (8th grade Visitation Day)
- November 4, 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Information Night)
- November 5, 2025, 8:30 am – 11:30 am or 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Visitation Day)
- November 6, 2025, 8:30 am – 11:30 am or 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (Visitation Day)
- November 7, 2025, 8:30 am – 11:30 am or 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Visitation Day)
El Sereno
- 10700 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 or virtual (throughout the school year by appointment only 916-971-5213 or bobbie.tedmon@sanjuan.edu)
- November 13, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Information Night)
- November 20, 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (8th – 12th grade Information Night)
- January 14, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (8th - 12th grade Information Night)
- For information regarding Meraki High School and their enrollment process please fill out the form at the link below to RSVP. Events are located at 10700 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95826.
- Please complete the Google questionnaire to indicate which meeting you will attend by clicking the link below.
- Google Questionnaire - Select Date
- Campus Visitation available upon request
- November 18, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00pm (Information Night)
- November 5, 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Information Night in the Large Gym)
- November 18, 2025 (Visitation Day)
- November 19, 2025, Visitation Day)