Enrollment Process & Time
There are no attendance boundaries in the Brisbane School District. All enrollment is processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
All enrollment is conducted electronically through the Parent Portal. There are no paper forms to complete. Enrollment can be completed via computer, tablet or smartphone on either an Android or Apple device. If you do not have a device, please make an appointment to come in to the District Office; we will provide a device for you to use.
- February 3rd: Enrollment of new students for the following school year begins.
- Last day of February: End of priority period for TK students and siblings of current students.
- March - August: Enrollment documents are reviewed by district office staff. See Assignments to Schools and Classrooms below.
- April (end of first week after Spring Break): Interdistrict Transfer requests will be considered. (See note B below.)
- May: Parents/guardians will be notified of school assignments.
- June: Park and Recreation offices begin registration for after-school programs.
- July: Principals review staffing changes and create class lists.
- August: Families are notified of classroom assignments. (See note C below.)
- August: Families begin completion of Emergency Contacts and annual forms/permissions in the Parent Portal ("First Day Packets").
NOTES:
- TK students who do not complete the school year are not given priority. They must re-enroll and their assignment will be considered upon completion of a new enrollment packet.
- District administrators will review attendance, behavior and progress towards meeting the standards in reviewing requests to renew interdistrict transfers. New interdistrict transfer requests will be held for consideration over the summer.
- Administrators cannot accommodate parental requests for specific teachers. There are many factors that go into creating class lists in order to create balanced classrooms in each grade level.
Registration Process for NEW STUDENTS for 2025-2026 School Year (next school year)
Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year will begin at 9:00am on February 3, 2025.
The parent portal is currently locked as it updates to for the new school year. Parents/guardians will be able to make new accounts on Feb. 3rd. Parents of current students will be able to add a new student on Feb. 3rd.
Assignment of students to schools is done on a first-come, first served basis. However, there is a misconception that parents/guardians must submit enrollment on Feb. 3 in order to get the school of their choice. Please note the following:
- Parents who rush almost always have missing or incomplete enrollment packets that cause delays for everyone. Sections with errors or incomplete information will be rejected (they show up as yellow in the parent portal). The date/time stamp in our system is the date/time of the most recent change to the enrollment packet.
- For the past several years, every student who enrolled prior to June 30 was assigned to the school of their choice.
- Current TK students at Panorama do not have to re-enroll, but will have priority enrollment in the school of their choice for Kindergarten.
- Siblings of continuing students will have secondary priority for enrollment at the same school if enrolled by the end of February.
An important note about Health Exams and Immunizations:
- Only the Health Exam for School Entry is accepted. Forms for Child Care do not meet the state requirements.
- Only students who have not reached their 5th birthday should be missing a Health Exam during enrollment.
- Students who have completed their 5th birthday will not be assigned to a school or class without the Health Exam.
- Low-cost and free health exams and immunizations are available at the link posted in the Checkbox.