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: Closed
- Second-round application will open at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, and run through early May 2027.
- Second-round applications are based on submission time and priority ranking – not a lottery system
- Second-round applicants are placed on the waitlist after any first-round applicants within the applicable priority ranking.
- The second round is for families who missed the first round, declined or didn't respond to a seat offer and wish to reapply to that school, or want to apply to more schools.
- Seats are offered when space becomes available.
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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.