What is School Choice?

General Process

1. Complete an Online Registration
2. Create an Infinite Campus Parent Portal account. You should receive the invitation to create an account 1 to 2 days after your registration has been approved.
3. Submit a School Choice request through your Infinite Campus Parent Portal account during the School Choice window. (See Timeline Details above.)
4. Wait for the School Choice results to be posted. 
   NOTE: After you have successfully submitted your School Choice request, you will see a status of "Currently Unavailable" until after the School Choice results have been posted.

Timeline Details for the 2022/2023 School Year

Opens: December 1, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Closes: February 28, 2022 4:00 PM

Notice of Approval

• Anticipated March 14, 2022 after 4:00 PM
• Emails sent and message posted to the Infinite Campus Portal by 4:00pm. 
• All students who are approved for their first or second choice option will automatically be accepted to the new school. 
• Students who do not receive their first or second choice option, but receive an approval for a third or fourth choice option, must confirm their acceptance.

Things to Know Before You Make a School Choice Request

• GUHSD cannot provide transportation for School Choice families. 
• Sibling transfer and Boundary Transition transfer eligible families: You must register your student and submit a school choice request prior to the close of the School Choice window.
• When making a school choice request, you may select a first choice option as well as second, third, and fourth choice alternatives:
  • Every effort is made to place as many students as possible into the first choice requests.  When that cannot be accomodated, we will try to accommodate 2nd, third, and fourth choice requests. If none of the requests can be accommodated, your student will be placed in their school of residence.
  • If your school of residence is your first choice, you do not need to submit a school choice request. 
• Sometimes a school will not have space to accommodate all requests.  When that happens, students are selected for that school based on a random lottery of all students whose families submitted requests for that school during the School Choice window. 
• If your student is granted your first or second choice request, it will automatically be accepted for you, and your student will be transferred to that school.  If your student is granted your third or fourth choice, you must accept that school via your Parent Portal before the deadline (TBD).

How to Make School Choice Requests 

1. Log on to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
2. If needed, click on the Menu button near the upper left corner of the screen.
   
3. Click on the More link in the dark gray menu. (Your menu may contain fewer menu items than the one here.)
   
4. Click on School Choice.
5. Use the dropdown lists to make your requests. You can have up to 4 choices.
   
6. Click the Submit button. Note that you will not be able to make changes after you submit your requests.