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1. Which school should my child attend? Assigned neighborhood attendance areas are determined by street name and number. For a rough idea, you may look at attendance area maps for elementary, middle, or high school. To enroll your student online please see Online Data Entry Process. Eighty to ninety percent of our students attend their neighborhood school (determined by street name). We do have an open enrollment policy that allows students to apply to attend a school other than their assigned school, if there is space available. If you know the street address, you may look up the assigned neighborhood schools. 2. What are school starting and ending times? The bell schedules are accessible on the IUSD web site and are published in Irvine World News in late August. A copy of the bell schedule may be picked up at the district office or you may call a school. The variance in starting and ending times is most often determined by bus schedules. 3. Can I enroll in a school other than my assigned school? The district has an open enrollment policy that allows students to apply to attend a school other than their assigned school. Approvals are for one year, and are reviewed each year. (Each school is required to serve the students who live within its attendance boundary before accepting students outside the boundary. Check our list of Closed Schools.) 4. Do you provide transportation? Is there a fee? Transportation is rarely provided. Some Special Education students are provided transportation. Parents may call transportation at 936.5370. 5. What child care programs are available? The City of Irvine provides a brochure entitled Child Care. IUSD maintains a list of Child Care Programs Operating in IUSD Facilities. You may call the centers directly. The school site does not operate the program. Programs are operated under the umbrella of the Irvine Child Care Project. Additional child care information may be obtained from the City of Irvine Child Care Coordination Office 724-6632 or you may contact your school site directly to see what before and after school care is available, if any. (Although some programs are held on IUSD property, the district itself is not responsible for these programs.) 6. What is required to enroll in Kindergarten? The Kindergarten program is 200 minutes/day. Registration information may be obtained from your school site. Materials you need include birth certificate, immunization record, and proof of residency. (Proof of residency is established upon submission of a gas or electric utility bill displaying your name and address. In lieu of a utility bill, we will accept a letter of intent to hook-up from the gas or electric company and temporary driver's license, with the understanding that a utility bill will be provided to the school within 60 days). The district DOES NOT accept escrow papers or lease agreements. To enroll in Kindergarten, a child must be five by December 2nd of the year he/she enrolls. (This is a state law, and there is no way around it.) To enroll your student, please see Online Data Entry Process. Each spring the district sponsors a "Kindergarten Round-up". Information will appear in the Irvine World News. (Typically the last week in March.) The District also sponsors a Kindergarten Orientation to all new enrolling Kindergarten parents. Two meetings are held with same agenda, one in January, one in early March. Watch this web site for details. 7. How do I enroll? 8. What materials do I need in order to enroll? 9. What programs are available for Gifted and Talented students? The district program for Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) has several strands, including APAAS, cluster grouping, and honors classess. The program varies by school and level. For additional information, you may contact the GATE office at 936.5120. 10. What Special Education Programs are available? Please contact the Special Education office at 936-5230 11. What programs are available for students who need to learn the English language? The English Language Development Program includes the following: a) Magnet program K-8 at designated schools for students with little or no English language, b) Sheltered English classes at middle and high school levels. Contact the Language Minority Program at 949.936.8501. 12. When do the high schools register for classes? Registration for classes is typically completed during the two weeks prior to the opening day of school. Contact high school site for specific dates and/or appointment. See more information regarding opening school events. 13. What is the school calendar? See district calendar for general starting, ending and non-school dates. Contact the school site for more detailed calendar. 14. How can I obtain an inter-district permit? You must first go to your resident district Child Welfare & Attendance office and request an inter-district transfer form. After you complete their form and it is approved by your home district, the form will be forwarded to the IUSD Child Welfare & Attendance Officer who will contact site administrator to determine if there is space available at the requested school. IUSD will approve or deny. Inter-district transfers are issued on a one year basis and must be renewed from year to year. Further questions should be referred to Student Services at 936-5171. 15. What private schools are available in the area? You may call the Orange County Department of Education at 966-4231 for private school information. 16. What city programs are available? You may call the City of Irvine at 724-6000. 17. I have a student arriving from out of the U.S. What documents, etc., will the district need? The district requires no documents; however, the INS requires an I-20 for students on an F-1 VISA. INS may be contacted for specific requirements. Required documents include immunization records, and birth certificate or passport. Required documents can be found at http://www.iusd.org/enrollment/requireddocuments.html Other forms to be completed require a notarized signature. Residence verification and enrollment in IUSD are required. English Language testing is required by California law for each student if a language other than English is spoken in the home. 18. Miscellaneous requests for phone numbers
19. How long is the student instructional day? The number of instructional minutes are set by the state. The decision for number of recess minutes and lunch minutes are determined by each school. All schools have 181 days of instruction per year. The average daily minutes of instructional time are:
20. What are the health and immunization requirements? - Health and immunization can be completed on-line with the Online Data Entry Process and will need to be filled out on the state required immunization card. 21. Which schools are the best? We believe all school rankings are flawed. Good schools are significantly more comprehensive and more complex than can ever be captured in a formula. What is happening to the average student is reflected in test scores. To find out what is happening to a range of individual students is equally important. Get as much information as you can about the school in your neighborhood. It is probably the best school for your family. This web site provides much information about each IUSD school. Whenever space is available, open enrollment is also an option .
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