Board Reviews Student Transfer Process for 2009-10
May 20, 2009 - The Board of Education reviewed the student transfer process with Laura Evans of the WCPSS Office of Growth Management during its Committee of the Whole meeting and in its regular meeting May 19.Evans noted that students receive their assignment for the next school year on May 15. State statute requires annual notification of school assignment and a process for parents to request a transfer to a different school within two weeks of receiving the school assignment.
In WCPSS, the Office of Growth Management oversees the annual transfer request process. Transfer requests may be submitted beginning May 15th. The transfer request form is available on the school system website.
Senior administrators evaluate each request using criteria identified in Board Policy 6203. During the discussions with the board, Evans reviewed the Standard Operating Procedures for Transfer Requests. These procedures are used as school administrators apply board policy to determine whether to approve or deny transfer requests.
If administrators deny a request, parents may appeal the decision to a panel of Board of Education members who then make a recommendation to the full board. The decision of the board is final.
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