PUSD Opens Late Application Period for 2012-2013 Open Enrollment

The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced today that late applications for the 2012-2013 academic year will be accepted in person April 11 – 17, 2012 at district headquarters located at 351 S. Hudson Ave., Pasadena. Open Enrollment is PUSD’s voluntary school of choice program that offers area families an opportunity to explore options to attend dual language immersion programs, themed college and career pathway academies and schools outside of their immediate neighborhoods. Students can apply for remaining open spaces during the late application period. See the list of schools with remaining spaces.

Late applications are accepted in person only at the district’s Welcome Center on a first come, first assigned basis. Applications will be accepted from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays between April 11 – 17. Late applicants will be placed at the end of waiting lists that were compiled during the priority and regular open enrollment periods earlier this year. Placement on a waiting list does not guarantee that space will become available and the child will be admitted to the school.
Limited spaces are still available for native speakers of Mandarin or Spanish in the district’s popular dual language immersion programs, which offer academic instruction in English and a second language for elementary students. Some of the College and Career Pathways programs also have space available.

All students who will enter K – 11th grade are eligible to apply. Approximately 2,000 students currently attend school through open enrollment. Some of PUSD’s innovative programs offered through open enrollment include:

• Dual language Spanish immersion programs beginning in kindergarten at San Rafael Elementary School; Dual language Mandarin Chinese immersion programs beginning in kindergarten at Field Elementary School
• International Baccalaureate at Willard Elementary and Blair Middle and High School
• College and Career Pathways programs in Engineering, Arts and Media, Health, Hospitality, Information Technology and more beginning in 9th grade at Blair, Muir, Marshall and Pasadena High School

For more information about Open Enrollment, including a list of schools with space for late applications, information about other PUSD schools and programs available as part of open enrollment is available online at www.openenrollment.info. For more information, contact the PUSD Office of Student Support Programs, Enrollment and Permits at (626) 396-3600, extension 88340.