School Choice Application Periods
School Choice 2025-2026 School Year (current)
- The first-round application period: Closed
- Second-round application period: Open until early May 2026
- Applications submitted are for requesting a school change for the current school year
School Choice 2026-2027 School Year (next)
- First-round application period: Opening 8:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, and closing at 4:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
- First-round applications are processed through a lottery, rather than on a first-come, first-served basis, to determine order within the application’s priority ranking.
- Second-round opening date is to be determined for mid-January 2026
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PSD School Choice Process Web Page
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School Choice
PSD's School Choice program allows families to select the school that best meets their child's educational needs based on space availability and eligibility requirements. A school choice application is required to attend a school that is not a student’s neighborhood school or to attend a choice only school.
PSD offers diverse schools and programs
Neighborhood schools offer a rigorous standards-driven curriculum, and gifted, enrichment, and accelerated options. Other schools may have a specific curriculum or focus like International Baccalaureate, Core Knowledge, hands-on learning and dual-language immersion.