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Parents
Parents may choose any school within the district for their children to attend, with certain restrictions. Most magnet programs have some admission criteria, for example, and the desired school must have space available.
In general, neighborhood children have first priority in enrolling in a specific school. (When a school is overcrowded, however, neighborhood children may have to attend another school.)
School of choice applications are generally available at each school in January. At that time, application can be made for the next school year. Deadlines for applying to the various schools or magnet programs are usually in late February each year. Check with your school for specific deadline dates during that time period.
Information about the educational programs in each LBUSD school is available on each school's website.
Residency Based on Parent Employment -- A pupil shall be deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district, provided he or she is an elementary school pupil, one or both of whose parents or whose legal guardian, is employed within the boundaries of that school district, but nothing requires the school district to admit the pupil to its schools.
Long Beach Unified School District is accepting interdistrict transfer applications for the 2006-07 school year from students in grades kindergarten through grade 7 who live outside of LBUSD boundaries and wish to attend a school in Long Beach.
Parents should first contact their district of residence for an interdistrict permit application. Once obtained, the form should be submitted to the Long Beach school in which the parent is requesting enrollment. Acceptance or denial of the interdistrict permit is determined by the requested school.
Parents or guardians may apply for transfer to a school outside the Long Beach Unified School District. Interdistrict Permit Applications are available for pick up at the following locations:
Elementary Schools
Assistant Superintendent's/Elementary Schools Office
1515 Hughes Way,
Long Beach, CA 90810
3rd Floor
Middle & K-8 Schools
Assistant Superintendent's/Middle and K-8 Schools Office
1515 Hughes Way,
Long Beach, CA 90810
4th Floor
High Schools
ROP Office
3701 E. Willow Street,
Long Beach, CA 90815
The Education Code allows school districts to enter into interdistrict attendance agreements. Either the district of residence or the district of choice may deny the application, but if a permit is granted for employment or child-care reasons, the student has the right to remain in that district’s schools through the twelfth grade, subject to the availability of classroom space.
