Check Kennedy’s magnet transportation radius map to verify if your address is eligible for transportation:

*Eligibility and bus routes are determined by the LAUSD Transportation Services NOT individual school sites.

Yes, but only if there is available space.

If a student who does not attend a magnet program at Kennedy faces a hardship with transportation, the family can make a request a transportation exception to ride the magnet bus.

Please keep in mind:

• Students must use an existing magnet bus stop.
• There must be space available on the requested route.
• Magnet students will have priority for space on magnet buses.

To request space on a magnet bus, please see the FAQ: "How can I request transportation?"

Magnet students without an assigned bus route or non-magnet students with transportation hardships may make a formal request to ride the magnet bus.

NOTE: Students will only be eligible to use current bus stops. 

Please follow this process to request a transportation exception:

• Check the Current Magnet Bus Routes information to verify that there is a stop that will work for your student.
• Contact Kennedy's Magnet Coordinator Mandy Arentoft by email (mandy.arentoft@lausd.net) or in person at the Magnet Office (K107) to make a request for your student to ride the bus.
• Your request should include:
  • Student's Full Name (first and last)
  • Student's District ID
  • Requested Bus Route/Stop

Upon receiving the request, the Magnet Coordinator will contact the Area Bus Supervisor to determine if there are open seats available on the route requested. 

If there is space available, the Magnet Coordinator will confirm the exception with the District’s Transportation Office.

If an exception is granted, the Magnet Coordinator will issue a Temporary Bus pass until a permanent bus pass is granted.

Transportation eligibility will be re-evaluated every school year.

If you need to request an alternate pick up or drop off location for your student, please complete the Dual Stop Request Form and return it to Kennedy's Magnet Coordinator Mandy Arentoft by email to  mandy.arentoft@lausd.net or in person to the Magnet Office (K107).

NOTE: Route changes can take 7-10 business days to process. No route changes are processed during the first three weeks of the fall semester.

For questions about bus routes, contact:
Christina Garcia, Area Bus Supervisor
818-894-3751

For urgent assistance or to report a missing bus, contact:
LAUSD Dispatch
1-800-LA BUSES (522-8737)

The Magnet Program is a Court-Ordered voluntary integration program open to all L.A. Unified students to reduce the harms of racial isolation. The on-time student selection process for magnet programs is based on the Magnet Priority Point System and the Court-Ordered reduction of the Harms of Racial Isolation.

Students are assigned points based on 5 criteria (see "How are prioirty points assigned?"). Once an on time application is submitted, the information is verified by the District’s Information Technology Division (ITD), and the sum of these points is utilized in a fair and secure computerized selection process.

Each magnet program’s openings are determined by the need to maintain a racially balanced enrollment and by available space. Any student who sent in an on-time application, but was not selected, is placed on a waiting list at their first choice school.

It is the Parents’/Guardians’ responsibility to verify the student’s address, grade and ethnicity with the current L.A. Unified school of attendance prior to the application deadline.

Selection Process for Applications to Multiple Programs:

1. You may apply to up to three different magnet programs. However, the second and third choices are optional; you may choose to apply to a single program.

2. The Magnet Priority Points are used for the applicant’s first and optional second or third choice.
3. If not selected to their first choice, the applicant will be considered for their second and/or third choice.

4. If selected to any one of their choices, the applicant will not be on the waiting list for the other choice(s).

5. If not selected into a magnet program, the applicant will be placed on the waiting list for their first choice only.

DO NOT APPLY FOR A SECOND OR THIRD CHOICE PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT. If you decline the program, you will lose your priority points.

No points will be assigned to late applications. Late applicants who wish to be considered should there be space available will be added to the late/wait list in the time order that applications are received.

Erroneous/Ineligible Applications: Applicants who make an error on their application will be mailed a correction letter in February. Applicants who do not correct the information and return the letter to the Student Integration Services by the deadline will not receive points. There are no points given for submitting an application or for applying to a program for which the applicant is ineligible.

Magnet Decline Rule: If an applicant declines Magnet placement, all waiting list points are removed.

Failure to Culminate/Voluntary Program Departure: Should an applicant leave a Magnet Program before the culminating grade, no matriculation points will be assigned.

Applicants currently attending a magnet program and selected into another magnet program will automatically be dropped from their current magnet program, even they decline the placement offer.

Magnet Programs:

All students interested in attending one of our magnet programs must submit an application through CHOICES. No priority is given to students residing within the school boundaries.

Schools for Advanced Studies (SAS):

Students residing within the school boundaries of a designated SAS site who meet the eligibility criteria must be placed in the site’s SAS gifted/ talented program (unless a parent has opted out). No formal application is required for a qualified student residing within school boundaries since SAS is the school site’s GATE instructional program for its students. If you reside within our school’s attendance boundaries, please contact our main office for residential enrollment procedures.