Main Round School Assignments for SY 2026-27

Follow these steps: 

1. Go to sfusd.edu/onlineapp and sign in to your ParentVUE account.
2. Click “Online Forms” on the upper right-hand corner.
3. Select the online form titled “2026-2027 Decline School Assignment”
4. Proceed through the online form until you reach a page titled “Decline School Offer”. Select your Decline response in the dropdown box.
5. Make sure you click “Submit” to complete the form.
6. To confirm that your submission was received, click “Form Status” on the upper right-hand corner. New submissions will show as “Processing” at first — that is normal.

You can review step-by-step instructions on how to respond to your assignment on ParentVUE:

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All SFUSD families, new or current, are provided a ParentVUE account. If you do not have an account yet, please visit sfusd.edu/activate to get started. 

All assignment letters for students new to SFUSD were mailed with a paper Response Form.

If you do not have a paper Response Form, you can download and fill out a blank Response Form: 

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Complete the Response Form and email a scan or photo to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu.

Please make sure your scan or photo of the Response Form is clear and legible.

You can also drop off your completed Response Form in-person at one of our offices. We have two office locations: 555 Franklin Street, Room 100 (open Monday through Friday); and 1520 Oakdale Avenue, Room 13 (open Tuesday and Thursday). Our office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

You may also call our office for support at 415-241-6085.

You can view your student's waitlist status in ParentVUE. 

For detailed instructions and screenshots, visit this webpage.

1. Go to sfusd.edu/onlineapp, and log into your account or activate it
2. Click "ParentVUE" in the upper right-hand corner
3. Select your student by clicking on the student photo in the upper left-hand corner
4. Click "Student Info/Waitlist" on the left side of your screen
5. Scroll down to view the Waitlist Status for SY 2026-27. A table will display the school, grade, and program for each waitlist your student is on. "Preference order" shows where that choice lies on your ranked list (e.g. "1" = your 1st-choice school). "Waitlist Position" shows where your student is on that waitlist (e.g. "1" = your student is 1st on the waitlist).

You can remove your student from some waitlists, or all waitlists, on the "Student Info/Waitlist" tab on ParentVUE.

Each student can be on a maximum of 3 waitlists at a time. If you wish to change your waitlist choices or join more waitlists, you can:

• complete the Waitlist form in the "Online Forms" section of ParentVUE by going to sfusd.edu/onlineapp
• OR submit the Waitlist application to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu or complete it at one of the Enrollment Center offices

If you join a new waitlist after the Main Round, you join at the bottom of the list, below students who were placed there automatically as a result of the Main Round. New waitlist applicants are added based on the day they submit their application, so don’t delay.

If your student is already on the waitlist for a school and you change that school’s position on your preference list, your student will not lose their spot on the waitlist.

We cannot know this ahead of time, so generally we encourage you to be patient and optimistic. 

You can view current waitlist lengths, and historical waitlist results from 2025-26, when each applicant was permitted to be on a maximum of 5 waitlists, here. On the above document, you can see how many waitlist offers we were able to make last year, and whether all Main Round applicants eventually got off the waitlists. We expect waitlists to be shorter this year since each student can only wait on 3 waitlists.

Yes, you can remain on waitlists regardless of whether you decline your school assignment or not. Students can remain on waitlists regardless of their enrollment status at other schools.