Main Round School Assignments for SY 2025-26

Congratulations on your new assignment!
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You can find your Assignment Letter in the Documents tab of ParentVUE. Instructions to Documents tab.

Most current SFUSD students received an assignment letter stating that your student will be automatically enrolled. Families who received this letter do not need to take any action to Accept.

For all other students, please follow these instructions to accept or decline your assignment by March 27. 

You may accept or decline your school assignment in one of three ways:

If you do not respond by March 27, your student may lose their spot at the assigned school. If you are 100% sure that your student will not attend the assigned school in August, please decline your assignment. If you're not sure, we recommend that you accept your assignment and wait on the waitlist for another school assignment.

To Accept or Decline Using ParentVUE

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 “2025-2026 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 accept/decline 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. 

To Accept or Decline by Email

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 27, 2025 to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu.

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

To Accept or Decline at our Office In-Person

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. 

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Everything you need to know about the Waitlist
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This year, SFUSD is using waitlists to assign students after the Main Round. If a seat becomes available at a school where your student is on the waitlist, you'll have the option to accept that waitlist school, or to keep your Main Round assignment. This system is easier for families to use, since you only need to apply once, and is more transparent than the previous system with multiple rounds of assignment. We'll make assigngments weekly from the wailist starting on April 21, so we think this system will also result in faster offers for many families. 

If your student was assigned to your #1 choice during the Main Round, that’s great! We hope you accept your assignment and join us in SFUSD next year. Your student has not been added to any waitlists.

If your student was not assigned to your #1 choice, then we have automatically placed your student on waitlists for any schools you ranked higher on your choice list than the school you received, up to a maximum of 5 waitlists. Read more about how Main Round applicants are assigned to waitlists here.

You should only keep your student on waitlists for schools you prefer more than your Main Round assignment. If you are satisfied with your Main Round assignment, you can follow the instructions below to remove your student from the waitlist at other schools.

Read more at sfusd.edu/waitlist

How can I check my waitlist status?

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 2025-26. 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).

How can I remove my student from 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.
  • Email enrollinschool@sfusd.edu(link sends email) and provide clear directions about which waitlists to cancel, and which to keep (if any).
  • Call the Enrollment Center at 415-241-6085 and provide clear directions about which waitlists to cancel, and which to keep (if any). 

How can I change my waitlist choices or preference order?

Each student can be on a maximum of 5 waitlists at a time. If you wish to change your waitlist choices or join more waitlists, you can:

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.

Is my Accept/Decline Assignment decision related to the Keep/Cancel Waitlist decision?

These two decisions are separate. 

  • 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. 

How many students will get in from the waitlist?

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

You can review information from prior years' Wait Pool assignment round, but that process happened in August, after Round 2, which no longer exists. Generally, we expect to give more waitlist offers than the historical wait pool data suggests. In some cases (denoted in pink cells), we have revised the numbers upward to reflect an estimate that we think is more representative of what is most likely to happen.

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This page was last updated on March 27, 2025