Schools of Choice
The Ann Arbor Board of Education has approved a policy that allows enrollment of non-resident students under Section 105 and 105C of the School Aid Act. This provides a limited number of seats in designated buildings for students living in a school district within the following Intermediate School Districts: Washtenaw, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland or Wayne.
Under this policy, schools with space available are determined each year based on building capacity and projected enrollment. Applications are accepted annually during a spring application window. Additional application windows may be announced at the District's discretion.
For the 2025-26 academic year, we will tentatively accept additional SOC applications from:
June 3 - July 2, 2025
July 24 - August 7, 2025
Those who applied for SOC between April 15 and May 14 will receive email notifications by May 29, 2025.
We are no longer accepting SOC applications for the 2024-25 school year.
Important Considerations
- By law, applications are only accepted during the application window timeframe.
- Applications are not processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
- In the event that the number of applications exceeds available space, we conduct a lottery of eligible applicants. A waiting list will be maintained for the remaining applications and prioritized through the random draw.
- Two years worth of discipline records will be requested from the applicant’s current school (excluding Young 5s and kindergarten applicants). AAPS may refuse enrollment to a nonresident applicant if the applicant has been suspended from another district within the preceding two years, or if the applicant has ever been expelled from another district.
- Each student within a family requires their own SOC application.
- Students applying to attend the same school as a sibling have placement priority provided that the currently enrolled sibling will attend the same school in the enrolling year.
- If approved for SOC, a student may remain at AAPS for all years until graduation as long as they remain continuously enrolled. A student loses their SOC status if they withdraw from AAPS and must reapply to return. This does not prohibit AAPS from expelling a student for disciplinary reasons.
- Students are not automatically moved to the next neighborhood building or “feeder” school. A transfer application must be made when changing building levels.
Academic year is August 2025 - June 2026