1. Staffing will not be modified to honor attendance area change requests.

2. We receive requests throughout the year.  Requests submitted during the summer will be approved or denied by early August.  Approved attendance area requests for students entering grades K-8 are good for the school year for which the request was made.  Requests must be made each and every school year.  Students approved to attend grades 9-12 on an attendance area change request will be allowed to remain at the receiving high school for the remainder of their high school years, unless the student is expelled and not allowed to return to school.

3. Once an attendance area change request is approved for an elementary or junior high student, every reasonable effort will be made to permit the student to complete the school year at the approved building.

4. For families with more than one child seeking approval of an attendance area change request to a particular school, a request must be made for each student. Having one child receive approval of an attendance area change request does not automatically admit other children from the same family.

5. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis and will be made by the receiving principals unless otherwise stipulated in this regulation. Among the factors to be considered will be current enrollment and staffing at the desired grade level at the receiving school and the transferring student's record at his or her current school.

6. Any student approved to attend a school outside his or her normal attendance area is expected to be a good school citizen and live up to the receiving school's attendance and behavioral standards. K-8 students who do not meet the requirements set forth by the receiving school will jeopardize their continued privilege of attending the receiving school.

ADOPTION DATE: January 12, 1988; Revised May 9, 1994 (formerly 5117-R); June 10, 1996; Revised April 8, 2003; Reviewed March 11, 2008; Revised November 22, 2016

CROSS REFERENCE(S): 5035

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