Enrollment Day March 8 for Kindergarten, Other New K-5 Students

Enrollment of kindergarten through fifth grade students who will enter Piedmont schools in the fall of 2012 will open on Thursday, March 8, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ellen Driscoll Theater, 325 Highland Ave., according to a Piedmont Unified School district announcement.

You may download documents for enrollment by visiting the district website at www.piedmont.k12.ca.us/district‐info/enrollment. You should bring paper copies of relevant documentation to submit on March 8. Parents are required to bring birth certificates of children to be registered to show proof of age. Children should not accompany parents for enrollment.

Parents must provide, at the time of enrollment, a grant deed or property tax statement and three additional proofs of residency. Parents renting or leasing must provide, at the time of enrollment, a lease and a copy of the property owner’s rental permit from the city, and three additional proofs of residency. For information on acceptable proofs, please go to the District web site: www.piedmont.k12.ca.us/forms/board/5000.pdf. ­Select Administrative Regulation 5111.1.

State law requires that parents/guardians submit an immunization record prior to kindergarten entry. Parents should come prepared with documented evidence showing complete dates that children have been adequately immunized.

To enroll in the PUSD kindergarten program, children must be 5 years old on or before Nov. 1, 2012.

The district anticipates that each school will have several classes at each grade level. It is the intent to keep class sizes similar from school to school. In order to do this, children may be assigned to a Piedmont school outside their immediate residency area.

Every attempt will be made to keep siblings together and to look at school proximity if a shift is necessary. However, students may be transferred to another elementary school in the district within the first two weeks of the new school year.

Beginning in the 2012‐2013 school year, the Piedmont Unified School District may offer a transitional kindergarten program. In keeping with state guidelines, this program targets students who turn 5 years old between Sept. 2 and Dec. 2, 2012. Due to proposed budget changes by the state, the district is currently determining the feasibility of offering this program. Parents who are interested in enrolling their children in transitional kindergarten if it is offered should sign up on March 8.

For information on enrolling a child new to the district at Piedmont Middle School, call the counseling secretary at (510) 594-2669.

For new student enrollment at Piedmont High School, call the registrar at (510) 594-2646.

For more information, visit the district website at www.piedmont.k12.ca.us or call (510) 594-2600.