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Transitional Kindergarten

TK Update - March 08, 2024
Placement emails have been sent! Please check your email for a completion notification from InformedK12. Click on the link to view your original application - now updated with your placement.
Please call Student Services at 650-877-8744 if you have not received your email.
 
Applications received after March 1, may take up to two weeks to process and receive notification. 
 
March 05, 2024
All eligible applications received between February 1 and February 29 are currently being processed for school placements. Applicants will receive notification via email with further instructions. We will update again when emails have been sent.

Apply for the 2024-25 Transitional Kindergarten Program 

Students with birthdates on or between September 2, 2019 and June 2, 2020 are eligible. 

 

A link for the application will be available here starting the afternoon of February 1, 2024. You must be a resident of SSFUSD or an SSFUSD employee to apply. All applications received by February 29, 2024 will be entered into the TK lottery for school placement. All applications received after the lottery will be placed first-come, first-served depending on space availability.

 

2024-25 Application for Transitional Kindergarten

 

Assignments for 2024-25 will go out via email about a week after the lottery to be held in early March. Assignments will be based on school assignment area, sibling enrollment, and space availability. expected

 

We will continue to accept application after the lottery is held. Applications received March 1, 2024 or later will be processed in the order received. Processing for new applications may take up to three weeks. If the program is full, we will continue receiving applications for the waitlist. 

Is your child currently attending TK? 

TK school assignments are not permanent placements. All students must register online with their school of residence for kindergarten. All students entering kindergarten must register as new student through the online registration kiosk. See the New Student page for registration information.

Apply for the 2023-24 waitlist / placement 

The current program is currently full, however, we are still accepting TK applications for the 2023-24 waitlist. Students with birthdates on or between September 2, 2018 and April 2, 2019 are eligible. 

 

2023-24 Application for Transitional Kindergarten

 

2023-24 Aplicación para Kindergarten Transitorio

 

Assignments for 2023-24 are sent by email via the InformedK12 app.

Parents who complete applications will either be assigned to a school or placed on a waitlist. If your student is  assigned to a school then parents have three weeks (15 school days) to complete registration by collecting the required documents to submit to the assigned school and completing a registration packet.

 

Parents without a PG&E bill in their name can verify their residence by completing a residency affidavit at the district office. Once the residency affidavit has been approved, please bring the approved copy to your assigned school office.

 

See the flyer below for more information on how to get ready for TK.