During the weekend of October 17, 2025, the IT Department will run the setup process for the 2026-27 school year in PowerSchool. This process will articulate students to their next year’s school based on their current school and grade level, neighborhood school, and boundary exception. PowerSchool will remain available throughout this process.
Action Required: Boundary Exceptions
All non-resident students must have a current boundary exception entered in PowerSchool by 4:00 PM on Friday, October 17, 2025. Students without a valid boundary exception on file by this deadline will be reassigned to their designated neighborhood school for the upcoming school year. A complete list of boundary exceptions can be found on pages 18–20 of the Enrollment Handbook.
To confirm student data:
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Run the Non-Resident Students report in sqlReports to identify students who do not have a boundary exception and review their demographic information to validate their address.
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Run the Missing or Invalid Demographic Data sqlReport to identify students whose address validation is outdated. Enter “Address Validation Required” in the report’s search bar to filter results, then validate their address.
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Validate student addresses on the Demographics page, especially for students whose addresses have recently changed. Keeping addresses updated ensures accuracy in neighborhood school and boundary assignments.
Effective October 20, 2025:
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2026-2027 Term: All schools will have access to this term in PowerSchool.
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PowerScheduler: Available for Elementary, Secondary, and K-8 schools to begin scheduling for next year.
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Course Requests for Secondary: PowerScheduler will be available for course request entry or the course request management.
Pages available for processing next-year school and next grade-level assignments:
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Set Next School and Grade – Use District Student Search and the Student Transfer button.
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Scheduling Setup – Available under Scheduling on the Students Page.
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Student Preference tab in PowerScheduler.
Reports Available in sqlReports:
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Digital Document Delivery – Document Delivery Next Year Students
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District – Next Year Enrollment Monitoring
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District – Next Year Enrollment Monitoring by Grade
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Enrollment – Next Year All Students
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Enrollment – Next Year Incoming Students
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Enrollment – Next Year Outgoing Students
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Enrollment – Students Who May Be Missing Next School
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Check Cycle Day Names for PowerScheduler
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Invalid Course Requests from Another School
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Next Year Course Requests
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Next Year Course Requests by Course Department
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Next Year Edgenuity Course Requests
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Next Year Sections in PowerScheduler
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PowerScheduler (new group) – Next Year Sections Special Program Counts
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PowerScheduler (new group) – PowerScheduler - Program Balancing Tags
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PowerScheduler (new group) – PowerScheduler Class Size by Period
Training and Support
IT will coordinate the setup of the 2026-27 Scheduling Scenario and Course Catalog in PowerScheduler for ALL district-run schools. Training and Open Lab sessions for secondary site staff managing Course Requests have been posted in Professional Learning.
For assistance verifying boundary exceptions, please contact the Neighborhood Schools and Enrollment Options department.
For questions or support related to PowerSchool, please submit a support case online at https://sandiegounified.freshservice.com or email [email protected].