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 accept SOC applications from:
April 15 - May 14, 2025 - Grades and schools with space available can be found here.
For the 2025-26 academic year, we will tentatively accept additional SOC applications from:
June 3 - July 2, 2025
July 24 - August 7, 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