Students must be residing in the District at the time of registration and be available for any necessary testing. Registration and Open Enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year is as follows:

Kindergarten Registration for all Attendance Area Schools

February 6 – February 16, 2012 will occur at the respective attendance area school including Stocklmeir Elementary School. A child is eligible for Kindergarten if a child will have his/her 5th birthday between December 3, 2011 and November 1, 2012. Only parents/guardians may pick up a registration packet at their attendance area school beginning January 30, 2012. Registration packets are numbered sequentially except at Stocklmeir Elementary School as this school site will hold a Kindergarten Lottery. The registration number on the packet is valid for packets returned between February 6 – February 16, 2012 only. Sibling priority will only be given to siblings of in-district students currently attending their attendance area school (including Stocklmeir Elementary) who have registered during the registration window of February 6 – February 16, 2012. Packets returned after February 16, 2012 will not be eligible for the District’s Lottery and Kindergarten Registration will be in the order that completed Registration Packets are received.

UPDATED as of February 29, 2012 - Status of Stocklmeir Kindergarten Lottery

The Cupertino Union School District implemented a precautionary Kindergarten Lottery at Stocklmeir Elementary in the event new Kindergarten enrollment exceeded the school’s capacity for the 2012-2013 school year.  However as of February 16, 2012, all Stocklmeir Elementary attendance area Kindergarten students who registered during the Kindergarten Registration Window, February 6 through February 16, 2012, will have a seat at Stocklmeir Elementary School.  

***Additional Stocklmeir Lottery/Open Enrollment is available here.
 

If you miss the Kindergarten Registration Window of February 6 through February 16, 2012, at any of our Attendance Area Schools, you may still register your student for the coming 2012-2013 school year anytime after you become a Cupertino Union School District resident. Your student, however, will not be eligible to participate in the Open Enrollment/Alternative Program Lottery for the 2012-2013 school year.

UPDATED as of January 13, 2012 – Status of Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for 2012-2013

The recent release of the Governor’s proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year eliminates the funding of the newly implemented Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program.

Given this budget uncertainty, the Cupertino Union School District’s TK Program will not be implemented unless the funding for the TK program is included in the final adopted State budget. As a result, the District will not be conducting registration for the TK program at this time.

If you were planning on enrolling your student into the Cupertino Union School District’s TK program, please be aware of the uncertainty around this program as you consider options for the 2012-2013 school year.

If you are interested in being notified if the funding is restored to the TK program, click here.

Open Enrollment/Alternative Education Program Requests:

If you would like your child to attend another school next year for any reason, open enrollment or alternative education procedures must be followed. Detailed registration information is as follows: 

Open enrollment/alternative education requests may be made to one school only and should be submitted to the school of desired attendance during the Open Enrollment Window, February 10 – February 16, 2012. As district enrollment continues to increase, space for open enrollment transfers may be limited at some schools or specific grade levels. 

• Open Enrollment Requests K-8: February 10 - 16, 2012 will occur at the School of Desired Attendance. Parents/guardians of students residing in the Cupertino Union School District may only apply to one school or program other than their attendance area school during the Open Enrollment Window. All incoming 2012-2013 kindergarten students must register during the Kindergarten Registration window from February 6 – February 16, 2012, and receive a Kindergarten Registration Receipt, to be eligible for an Open Enrollment request during the February 10 – 16, 2012 Open Enrollment Window.
  
  
• Alternative Education Program Requests K-8: February 10 - 16, 2012 will occur at the School of Desired Attendance. Parents/guardians of students residing in the Cupertino Union School District may only apply to one school or program, other than their attendance area school, during the Open Enrollment Window. All incoming 2012-2013 kindergarten students must register during the Kindergarten Registration window from February 6 – February 16, 2012, and receive a Kindergarten Registration Receipt, to be eligible for an Open Enrollment request during the February 10 – 16, 2012 Open Enrollment Window.  

• Faria (K-5) 
• Murdock-Portal (K-5) 
• McAuliffe (K-8) 
• Cupertino Language Immersion Program CLIP (K-5) at Meyerholz Elementary 
• Cupertino Language Immersion Program CLIP (6-8) at Miller Middle

Cupertino Union School District Residents/Parents who do not already have a child in a particular alternative program are required to attend a program information meeting and school tour before applying for their child to attend that program. Please contact the appropriate school for meeting/tour dates and other program information.

Sibling priority will only be given to siblings of in-district students currently attending the respective school who register during the registration window. Sibling priority, however does not guarantee admittance.

Registration for New Students in Grades 1 – 8 begins March 1, 2012

Students currently residing in the Cupertino Union School District, and are not currently attending a Cupertino Union School, may register for the 2012-2013 school year at their attendance area school beginning March 1, 2012.