Special Education Extended School Year

Extended School Year (ESY) is an extension of existing Special Education Individual Education Program (IEP) services provided during the summer recess to assist a student in maintaining skills on goals and objectives from their current IEP.  The primary goal of ESY is to limit regression of skills gained during the school year.

Not all students with IEPs are eligible for ESY.  Eligibility must be based on data and determined by an IEP team (5 C.C.R. Section 3043). 

Reasons for eligibility include:

• Patterns of Regression: Regression is a loss of critical skills after a significant break from instruction (i.e, summer recess, Winter break).  This can include academic, behavioral or life skills.  All students are expected to demonstrate some skill regression after a break, but patterns of significant losses in critical skills may suggest the need for ESY.
• Rate of Recoupment: Rate of recoupment is the amount of time required to re-learn skills following an extended break from school.  After breaks, nondisabled students typically require some time to recoup skills (i.e., 4-5 days is the typical time it takes a student to recoup skills after Winter Break); however, extensive recoupment periods may suggest the need for ESY.
• New or Emerging Skills: Some students may be at a crucial point in skill acquisition or readiness.  If students are in the early stages of developing and demonstrating new skills and an interruption in services is likely to undermine that progress, they may be eligible for ESY services.
• Nature & Severity of Disability: Some students have disabilities that are likely to continue indefinitely or for a prolonged period.  In this situation, interruption of the student’s educational programming may cause regression and render it impossible or unlikely that the student will attain a level of self-sufficiency and independence in view of his or her disabling condition.

• Prek- 8 ESY will consist of 4 hours (240 minutes) of instruction and educational learning activities based on students’ current IEP goals.
  • ES Hours: 8am - 12pm
  • MS Hours: 9am - 1pm
• High School ESY will consist of 5 hours (300 minutes) of instruction and educational learning activities based on students’ current IEP goals. 
  • HS Hours: 9am - 2pm
• Each teacher will develop a classroom schedule, based on student need and communicate this to families before June 9th.

*Breakfast and Lunch are provided during ESY

SFUSD does not provide programming after ESY hours. Programming held at ESY school sites is hosted and coordinated by outside organizations. In an effort to support families and their children during the summer, we will provide resources from various community organizations that provide camps and aftercare. 

Resources will be provided in the coming weeks!

If you think your child is eligible for ESY, please contact your Child's Case Manager or reach out to esy@sfusd.edu

Families will receive assignment letters for ESY in March. If ESY is currently a service in your child's current IEP, you can assign or accept according to instructions in the letter.  

Families will also receive a confirmation email and robocall before ESY to confirm that your acceptance response was recorded.

Families of students with transportation MUST accept their ESY offer by April 2026. 

For ESY, our home-to-school and school-to-home transportation service will continue as written in a student's IEP. 

Transportation to an alternate site occurs when transportation to an IEP service is written in a child's current IEP.

If your child and their teacher and or para are assigned to the same ESY site, we will do our best to assign students to their regular teachers for ESY.  Class lists will be developed once families have had an opportunity to accept/decline ESY assignments.

ESY position offers are made based on seniority and program need. We do our best to assign paraeducators to classrooms where they are familiar with the students and/or teacher; however, this is not guaranteed. 

For additional general ESY questions contact: esy@sfusd.edu

Please see below to confirm your school's receiving/feeding pattern for ESY 2026.

Receiving School: San Miguel EES

Programs: INT (RSP)

San Miguel

Receiving School: Argonne EES

Programs: INT (RSP) 

Jefferson • Argonne • Theresa Mahler

Receiving School: Leola Havard PK @ Carver ES

Programs: PK (SDC)

Leola Havard • Bret Harte

Receiving School: Guadalupe

Programs: PK (SDC)

Guadalupe PK SDC

Receiving School: Zaida T. Rodriguez

Programs: PK (SDC), INT RSP

Zaida T. Rodriguez • Guadalupe INT (RSP) • Bryant ES (TK SDC)

Receiving School: Tule Elk Park EES

Programs: TK and INT (RSP), PK (SDC)

Tule Elk Park • Muir

Receiving School: John McLaren EES

Programs: PK and TK (SDC), PK (SDC)

John McLaren • El Dorado • Paul Revere • Sheridan

Receiving School: R. Weill EES

Programs: PK (SDC), PK and TK (SDC)

McCoppin • Grattan • Raphael Weill • Cobb EES

ESY 2026 Elementary Sites: Tenderloin, RL Stevenson, Lawton, ER Taylor

Please see below to find your school's receiving site for ESY 2026.

Receiving School: Tenderloin Elementary

Programs: RSP, MM, AF/MM, AF/ESN, SOAR, M/M

Bessie Carmichael • BVHM • Chavez (all but DHH) • Chinese Immersion De Avila • Creative Arts • Chin • Chinese Ed Center • Claire Lilienthal • Cobb • Yick Wo • Garfield • Gordon J Lau • Harvey Milk • Jean Parker • Marshall • Moscone • McKinley • New Traditions • Redding • Rosa Parks • Sanchez • SF Montessori • Sherman • Spring Valley • Tenderloin

Receiving School: RL Stevenson Elementary

Programs: RSP, MM, ESN, TK/K SDC

Alice Fong Yu • Dianne Feinstein • Drew • FS Key • Stevenson • Sunset • Clarendon • Ulloa • Lakeshore • West Portal • Sloat • Paul Revere • Sunnyside • Miraloma • Rooftop

Receiving School: Lawton Alternative

Programs: DHH K-5, RSP, AF ESN, AF MM, ESN, MM

Alamo • Muir • Chavez (DHH only) • Lafayette • Argonne • Jefferson • Lawton • McCoppin (RSP) • Peabody • Sutro • Grattan

Receiving School: ER Taylor Elementary

Programs: RSP, MM, AF MM, AF ESN, ESN

Bret Harte (RSP) • Carver • Cleveland • Guadalupe • Longfellow • Malcolm X • Jose Ortega • SF Community • Sheridan • Vis Valley ES • Hillcrest • Starr King • Daniel Webster • El Dorado • Alvarado • Bryant ES • Dolores Huerta • Glen Park • Mission Ed Center • Monroe • Flynn • ER Taylor • J. Serra ES

ESY 2026 Middle School Site: Hoover Middle School

Programs: MM, ESN, AF MM, AF ESN, DHH, SOAR

Alice Fong Yu • Creative Arts • Francisco MS • AP Giannini MS • Gateway MS • Marina MS • Presidio MS • Rooftop • Roosevelt MS • Lawton MS • Claire Lilienthal MS • Lick MS • Denman MS • Hoover MS • Aptos MS • BVHM • Everett MS • Paul Revere • SF Community • Vis Valley MS • Willie Brown MS • MLK MS

ESY 2026 High School & ACCESS School Sites: Mission, Lowell, Balboa

Please see below to confirm your school's receiving/feeding pattern for ESY 2026.

Receiving School: Mission High School

Programs: Credit Recovery, MM, ESN

Hilltop • Burton • June Jordan • John O'Connell • Thurgood Marshall • SF International • Downtown HS

Receiving School: Lowell High School

Programs: MM, ESN, AF ESN, AF MM, ALL Access Programs, DHH

Lincoln • Lowell • June Jordan (AF MM only) • Academy • SOTA • Independence • ALL Access Programs • Galileo (AF MM only)

Receiving School: Balboa High School

Programs: Credit Recovery, MM, ESN, ALL SOAR

Lincoln (SOAR only) • Washington • Mission (SOAR only) • Galileo • Gateway • Ida B. Wells • Wallenberg HS • Balboa

County Programs (McAuley, Civic Center, Woodside)