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Enrollment and Transfers - School Year 2012-13
Incoming Student Enrollment flyer (pdf)
Beginning January 3, 2012, the Santa Barbara Unified School District invites new families to enroll for the 2012-13 school year. Our district welcomes children of all ages, transitional kindergarten through twelfth grade.
A student’s enrollment in an elementary, junior high, or high school is based on the parent’s home address. Students entering 7th or 9th grade are encouraged to verify their junior high school or senior high school of residence.
Now is the time to visit your neighborhood school for enrollment information.
School Transfer Information
If you wish to apply to another school within the Santa Barbara Unified School District, you are required to complete a “2012-13 Intradistrict Transfer Application” form. The completed transfer application must be returned, in person, to the district’s Office of Student Services, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, by Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Transfer Application Period: January 3–February 15, 2012
Transfer applications will not be accepted after February 15, 2012. No exceptions.
Documents Required for Enrollment
- Birth certificate or passport
- Immunization record
Include the newly required Tdap booster shot for all students in grades 7-12. - Address verification (two items are required)
Current utility bill AND one of the following:
- current property tax payment receipts or grant deed with county recorder’s stamp OR
- rent payment receipts or lease or rental contract OR
- affidavit of district residency sworn by the student’s parent/guardian and notarized under penalty of perjury.
Questions? Contact the district’s Office of Student Services, (805) 963-4338, extension 6276 or 6278.
Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten Registration
Call for information on enrollment, tours, events, and transfers.
- Adams Elementary School 563-2515
- Adelante Charter School 966-7392
- Cleveland Elementary School 963-8873
- Franklin Elementary School 963-4283
- Harding University Partnership School 965-8994
- McKinley Elementary School 966-9926
- Monroe Elementary School 966-7023
- Open Alternative School 683-3127
- Peabody Charter School 563-1172
- Roosevelt Elementary School 563-2062
- Santa Barbara Charter School 967-6522
- Santa Barbara Community Academy 687-2081
- Washington Elementary School 965-6653
“Open House” Secondary Schools
For parents of new students and transfers.
- Goleta Valley Junior High School 967-3486
January 18, 2012 - La Colina Junior High School 967-4506
January 12, 2012 - La Cumbre Junior High School 687-0761
February 1, 2012 - Santa Barbara Junior High School 963-7751
January 25, 2012 - Open Alternative School 683-3127
- Santa Barbara Charter School 967-7775
- Dos Pueblos High School 968-2541
February 2, 2012 - San Marcos High School 967-4581
January 11, 2012 - Santa Barbara High School 966-9101
January 26, 2012 - La Cuesta Continuation High School 966-0883
February 7, 2012 [new date]
Intradistrict Enrollment
(Student transfer from one school WITHIN the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s boundaries to another school WITHIN the district’s boundaries)
The Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education values the concept of neighborhood schools but permits open enrollment within the district as resources are available. In order to transfer from one school to another (both schools located within the district’s boundaries), parents must follow specific procedures for the selection and transfer of students among district schools in accordance with law, board policy, and administrative regulation.
Interdistrict Enrollment
(Student transfer from a school OUTSIDE the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s boundaries to a school INSIDE the district’s boundaries)
Because of negative fiscal impacts, on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education revised Board Policy 5117, “Interdistrict Attendance.”
The revised policy stipulates that the district will not accept interdistrict transfer students except in specific cases, as defined in Board Policy 5117.