Notices to Be Mailed on Open School Enrollment

Families that applied for seats in the school district’s open enrollment program should receive notification by mail between Monday and June 18 on whether their child will be able to attend the school of their choice, officials said.

Schools with more applications than vacancies held lotteries Wednesday after a monthlong period in which parents could apply to send their children to any open enrollment school in the district, said Bruce Takeguma, an assistant director of the district’s school management services.

Notification is left to the individual schools, Takeguma said, adding that schools with more vacancies than applications will continue to enroll students until the schools fill or until mid-September.

Only 6,000 seats at 120 schools were made available for the fall, 1,400 fewer than a year ago, officials said. The state-mandated program started in 1994 when some campuses were sparsely attended or closed.