Main Round School Assignments for SY 2026-27

Follow these steps: 

1. Go to sfusd.edu/onlineapp and sign in to your ParentVUE account.
2. Click “Online Forms” on the upper right-hand corner.
3. Select the online form titled “2026-2027 Accept/Decline Main Round School Assignment”
4. Proceed through the online form until you reach a page titled “Accept/Decline School Offer”. Select your response in the dropdown box.
5. Make sure you click “Submit” to complete the form.
6. To confirm that your submission was received, click “Form Status” on the upper right-hand corner. New submissions will show as “Processing” at first — that is normal.

You can review step-by-step instructions on how to respond to your assignment on ParentVUE:

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All SFUSD families, new or current, are provided a ParentVUE account. If you do not have an account yet, please visit sfusd.edu/activate to get started. 

All assignment letters will be mailed with a paper Response Form.

If you misplaced your paper Response Form, you can download and fill out a blank Response Form: 

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Complete the Response Form and email a scan or photo of the Response Form by March 26, 2026 to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu.

Please make sure your scan or photo of the Response Form is clear and legible.

You can also drop off your completed Response Form in-person at one of our offices. We have two office locations: 555 Franklin Street, Room 100 (open Monday through Friday); and 1520 Oakdale Avenue, Room 13 (open Tuesday and Thursday). Our office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Dates and details for workshops at sfusd.edu/workshops.

You can view your student's waitlist status in ParentVUE. 

For detailed instructions and screenshots, visit this webpage.

1. Go to sfusd.edu/onlineapp, and log into your account or activate it
2. Click "ParentVUE" in the upper right-hand corner
3. Select your student by clicking on the student photo in the upper left-hand corner
4. Click "Student Info/Waitlist" on the left side of your screen
5. Scroll down to view the Waitlist Status for SY 2026-27. A table will display the school, grade, and program for each waitlist your student is on. "Preference order" shows where that choice lies on your ranked list (e.g. "1" = your 1st-choice school). "Waitlist Position" shows where your student is on that waitlist (e.g. "1" = your student is 1st on the waitlist).

If your student was automatically placed on waitlists, but you wish to remove them from those waitlists, you can do that in any of these ways:

• Follow the instructions in the section above titled “To Accept or Decline using ParentVUE”. When you select whether to Accept or Decline your Main Round school assignment, there is a checkbox that says “Please cancel all my other waitlist choices and applications.” This will remove your student from all waitlists.

After March 26, you will be able to remove your student from some waitlists, or all waitlists, on the "Student Info/Waitlist" tab on ParentVue.

Each student can be on a maximum of 3 waitlists at a time. If you wish to change your waitlist choices or join more waitlists, you can:

• complete the Waitlist form in the online forms section of ParentVUE by going to sfusd.edu/onlineapp
• OR submit the Waitlist application to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu or complete it at one of the Enrollment Center offices

If you join a new waitlist after the Main Round, you join at the bottom of the list, below students who were placed there automatically as a result of the Main Round. New waitlist applicants are added based on the day they submit their application, so don’t delay.

If your student is already on the waitlist for a school and you change that school’s position on your preference list, your student will not lose their spot on the waitlist.

Yes, you can remain on waitlists regardless of whether you decline your school assignment or not. Students can remain on waitlists regardless of their enrollment status at other schools.

We cannot know this ahead of time, so generally we encourage you to be patient and optimistic. 

You can view historical waitlist results from 2025-26, when each applicant was permitted to be on a maximum of 5 waitlists. On the above document, you can see whether all Main Round applicants eventually got off the waitlists. We expect waitlists to be shorter this year since each student can only wait on 3 waitlists.

These two decisions are separate, and both appear in the ParentVue form to accept or decline your assignment, and on the paper Response Form.

• Decision 1 is whether to Accept or Decline the Main Round school assignment. If you decline, your student will not have a school assignment at that time. 
• Decision 2 is whether to keep your student on waitlists, or cancel those choices.

You could think about the two decisions as four options:

• If you love your assigned school, you should accept your assignment and cancel your waitlist choices.
• If you like your assigned school but would prefer something different, you should accept your assignment and keep your waitlist choices.
• If your assigned school will not work for you but you still want to enroll in SFUSD, you should decline your assignment and keep your waitlist choices.
• If you do not intend to enroll in SFUSD, you should decline your assignment and cancel your waitlist choices.