If your student is new to the Santa Barbara Unified School District, or your student is returning to the District after having been enrolled somewhere else for a full school year or more, please complete the online enrollment process.
 
Complete the steps on the Aeries Online Enrollment site:

[English] | [Spanish]

The system will automatically determine a school of residence for your student, based on the student’s home address.  During the enrollment process, you will have the opportunity to enroll multiple students new to the district. 
 
Kindergarten/Transitional-Kindergarten Enrollment:

• Kindergarten Minimum Age: Student must turn 5-years-old by September 1, 2022
• Transitional Kindergarten Minimum Age: Student must turn 4-years-old between September 2, 2022 and February 2, 2023.

Documents you will need to complete the enrollment process:

• (1) A certified copy of a birth certificate or a statement by the local registrar or county recorder certifying the date of birth; (2) a duly attested baptism certificate; (3) a passport; or (4) when none of the above documents is obtainable, an affidavit of the parent/guardian.
• Immunization record – Include the Tdap booster shot for all new 7th graders and new students to the District
• Address verification – One of the following:
  • Current property tax payment receipts or grant deed with county recorder’s stamp OR
  • Rent payment receipts or lease or rental contract OR
  • Utility service bill (gas, electric, water) OR
  • Pay stub OR
  • Voter registration OR
  • Correspondence from a government agency OR
  • Declaration of residency

New Student Enrollment Packet checklist:   [English] | [Spanish]

If your student is interested in enrolling at a school outside of your school of residence, or if you live outside the District’s attendance boundaries, you will need to complete the transfer request in addition to the enrollment process. Please see the tab below titled ‘School Transfers’ for more information. The deadline to apply for a transfer is January 14, 2022 at 5 pm. 
 
For enrollment support, please contact the main office at your school of residence.  For assistance to determine your school of residence, please contact the Student Services Team at 805-963-4338 ext. 6276 and/or 6278 (English and Spanish).

Aeries Registration Video   Spanish Aeries Registration Video

Prior to the beginning of each school year in the Santa Barbara Unified School District, parent/guardian(s) of students are required to complete the annual online registration for their children.  For families with multiple children, registration must be completed for each child individually.  In addition to the District forms required by law, each school may require site-specific forms and procedures.
 
The Aeries Portal refers to the online registration as the Data Confirmation process.  Click on the link here Aeries Portal Registration to complete the registration steps:

• When you first log into your portal, you will be prompted to complete the Data Confirmation (registration) process for each student before you can view other areas of the portal. 
• Parent/guardian(s) will have an opportunity to complete the online registration process for multiple students enrolled in the District. To view a different student, go to Change Student, located in the right of the screen, after logging into your Aeries Parent Portal.
• Once you have completed the registration process, if you would like to make additional changes, please go to Student Info and select Data Confirmation in the drop-down menu.

Reminder:  Please visit your school’s website and/or contact the main office to receive additional information about site-specific registration forms and procedures.  Many school registration web pages are linked from within the online registration process.
 
For any questions on enrollment and/or annual registration, please contact your school.

 

2022-2023 INTRADISTRICT TRANSFERS: Dec. 1, 2021 - Jan. 14, 2022

ONLINE APPLICATIONS (ENGLISH & SPANISH) (Links will be released on Dec. 1, 2021)
 
If a student is interested in attending a school outside of their school of residence or is interested in a pathway, academy, or program of choice that is not available at your school of residence, parent/guardian(s) must submit an Intra-District Transfer application for the 2022-2023 school year. The deadline to apply is January 14, 2022 at 5pm.
 
Transfers are reviewed on space availability and in the order in which they are received.  Late transfer applications will be reviewed no earlier than August 1, 2022 and decisions for late transfers will be made around August 5, 2022.  Please note that any applications submitted after July 2022 will only be reviewed for 2nd Semester/Term 3, which begins January 2023.
 
Interested in a hard copy of the application? Please visit the Student Services Department located at the main District Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, 93101.  The Department's office hours are Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm.

BP 5116.1 Intradistrict Open Enrollment: [English] | [Spanish]
AR 5116.1 Intradistrict Open Enrollment: [English] | [Spanish]

Print version of IntraDistrict Transfer form: [English] | [Spanish] (new forms for the 2022-2023 school year will be available Dec. 1, 2021)
 
Forms - 2021-22  IntraDistrict Application for Change of Address
Forms - 2022-23  IntraDistrict Application for Change of Address
 
For information regarding District and School Boundary Maps and our Street Address Listing by Attendance Area, please visit here.
 
If you have any questions or need additional support, please contact Student Services at (805) 963-4338 ext. 6276 and/or 6278 (English and Spanish).

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INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS

Interdistrict transfers are required when a student transfers from a school OUTSIDE the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s boundaries to a school INSIDE the district’s boundaries.  
 
The Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education revised the Board Policy 5117 for Interdistrict Attendance. The revised policy stipulates that the district will not accept interdistrict transfer students except in specific cases, as defined in Board Policy 5117.

BP 5117 Interdistrict Attendance: [English] | [Spanish]
BP 5111.1 District Residency: [English] | [Spanish]
AR 5111.1 District Residency: [English] | [Spanish]

Reminder:  For students already attending the Santa Barbara Unified School District with an InterDistrict Transfer, their parent/guardian(s) must renew their student’s InterDistrict Transfers each year for any students continuing in our District.  Please contact your District of Residence for additional paperwork and information.  The window to submit an InterDistrict Transfer is December 1, 2021 through January 14, 2022 at 5 PM.  
 

2021-22 Open House Schedule for Junior High and High Schools

All Open Houses for High Schools (except for La Cuesta/Alta Vista) will be held in-person / All Open Houses for Junior High Schools will be held online via Zoom and begin at 6:00 pm.

Showcase:  Thursday, Monday, December 6, 2021 (6pm: Online via Zoom)
Dos Pueblos High School: Thursday, January 6, 2022 (6 pm: In-Person)
La Cuesta Continuation High School/Alta Vista Alternative High School, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 (5:30 pm: Online via Zoom)
San Marcos High School: Monday, December 13, 2021 (6 pm: In-Person)
Santa Barbara High School: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (5:30 pm: In-Person)
Goleta Valley Junior High School: Thursday, December 9, 2021 (6 pm-7:30 pm: Online via Zoom)
La Colina Junior High School: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 (6 pm-7:30 pm: Online via Zoom)
La Cumbre Junior High School: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 (6 pm-7:30 pm: Online via Zoom)
Santa Barbara Junior High School: Wednesday, December 15, 2022 (6 pm-7:30 pm: Online via Zoom)

2021-22 Open House Schedule for Elementary Schools

All Elementary School Open Houses will be held in the Spring.

Please contact your school directly for information about Open House tours and events. Santa Barbara Unified School District does not process the enrollments for *Charter Schools (i.e. Peabody, Adelante, and Santa Barbara Charter), please contact them directly for any questions about their enrollment process, dates, and deadlines.

School	Phone Number
Adams Elementary School	805-563-2515
*Adelante Charter School	805-966-7392
Cleveland Elementary School	805-963-8873
Franklin Elementary School	805-963-4283
Harding University Partnership School	805-965-8994
McKinley Elementary School	805-966-9926
Monroe Elementary School	805-966-7023
*Peabody Charter School	805-563-1172
Roosevelt Elementary School	805-563-2062
*Santa Barbara Charter School	805-967-6522
Santa Barbara Community Academy	805-687-2081
Washington Elementary School	805-965-6653

 

Beginning December 1, 2021, the Santa Barbara Unified School District invites new families to enroll for the 2022-2023 school year.  Our district welcomes students entering Transitional-Kindergarten through 12th Grade. 

Families enrolling in the Santa Barbara Unified School District school for the first time must complete the enrollment process online or in-person at your school of residence. Please see the tab above titled ‘One-Time Enrollment - New Students to the District’ for more information. A student’s enrollment is based on the parent’s residential address.

For enrollment support, please contact the main office at your school of residence.  For assistance to determine your school of residence, please contact the Student Services Team at 805-963-4338 ext. 6276 and/or 6278 (English and Spanish).