1. VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Information Night January 16, 2020
Buena High School
5670 Telegraph Road, Ventura
Repeated Presentation at 5:30pm & 6:30pm

2. Ventura Unified School District Board of Education
President
Mrs. Sabrena Rodriguez
Vice-President
Mrs. Jackie Moran
Board Member
Mrs. Velma Lomax
Board Member
Dr. Jerry Dannenberg
Board Member
Mr. Matt Almaraz

3. Choosing Your Child’s School
1) Boundary Schools
2) Schools of Choice
3) Intradistrict Transfers 4) Interdistrict Transfers

4. Locating Your Neighborhood Boundary School

5. Boundary School Registration- Spring 2020
Elementary Schools- March 4, 2020
Middle School registration takes place on Elementary Schools sites- your school will be in touch with you
Middle School Welcome Day March 2020
High School registration takes place on Middle School sites – your school will be in touch with you

6. Schools of Choice (SOC)
All VUSD schools except those with a placement process- Homestead, El Camino, and Pacific
Available to students who currently reside in the Ventura Unified School District boundary.
The number of School of Choice student seats available at each site is determined by student enrollment.

7. Schools of Choice Cont.
The student selection is done through a random, unbiased process.
The process is a lottery, not based on first- come, first-served basis.
Submission of SOC application is required for all students including siblings.
The “sibling rule” applies to any sibling of a student already in attendance who will attend the desired school during the school year.
Multiples including Twins are counted as one entry for lottery- all or none- keep families together

8. Open for Schools of Choice
Elementary Schools
Open for Schools of Choice
Magnet Schools:
ATLAS (Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy)
E. P. Foster (STEM Academy)
Montalvo (Arts Academy)
Mound (Science & Global Citizenship)
Sheridan Way (Academy of International Language)
Will Rogers (School of Environmental Science)

9. Additional Elementary Schools Open for Schools of Choice
Citrus Glen
Sunset (TK-8)
Elmhurst
Blanche Reynolds (TK-8 starting in )
Lincoln
Loma Vista
Junipero Serra
Pierpont
Poinsettia
Portola

10. Middle Schools Open for Schools of Choice
Anacapa Middle School
Balboa Middle School
Cabrillo Middle School
DATA (De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts) (Magnet)
Sunset School (TK-8)

11. High Schools Open for Schools of Choice
Buena High School
Foothill Technology High School (Magnet)
Ventura High School

12. Transportation to Schools of Choice
No transportation provided to Schools of Choice except:
DATA Middle School
Foothill Technology High School
Parents/guardians will be notified March 2020

13. Educational Options NEW Program Hosted at El Camino
TK-8 Blanche Reynolds August 2021
East side K-8 option

14. Application
To enter the lottery, a family needs to complete and submit the application during the “Schools of Choice” window:
January 17-31, 2020
Applications (Elementary/Secondary) available:
starting on January 17, 2020
1. District website:
2. VUSD school sites
3. Education Service Center:
255 W. Stanley Avenue Suite 100, Ventura
4. On-line application
5. Paper applications due no later than 4:00pm on
January 31st, 2020

15. Parents/guardians will be notified
Notification
Parents/guardians will be notified
by mail in March 2020.

16. Based on Availability and Program Needs
Transfers
Based on Availability and Program Needs
Intradistrict Transfers
In VUSD boundary
Requesting a different
VUSD boundary school
Based on space
Renewed annually
Interdistrict Transfers
Out of VUSD boundary
Requesting permission to
enter VUSD
Renewed at each level
(K-5, 6-8, 9-12)

17. Thank you for choosing Ventura Unified!
Please take a moment at the end of the event and take our survey:
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