• Change Your School

    2023-24 School Year Transfer Requests

     

    Magnet and Early College Applications

    Magnet School themes and pathways

     

    Understanding Your Results

    In the application portal, you will see one of the following by the application school:

    • Green dot: assigned status 
    • Orange dot: applicant pool status (may be assigned to the school if seats become available)
    • Submitted or Not Assigned status may show a red or yellow dot.
      • Yellow dot: submitted
      • Red dot: not assigned 

    School Transfer Criteria 

    Back to Base School Transfer 

    This transfer describes students who attend a school other than their base school and want to attend their base school.

    • Acceptance is guaranteed if the request is made within the Request for Transfer window, unless the base school has an enrollment cap
    • Transportation is provided unless your address is in the walk zone.

    Joining a sibling at a school

    This transfer applies when an older child attends a school other than their base school, and you wish to have an entering grade level (K, 6, or 9) younger child attend the same school. Such requests are guaranteed to be approved only if made within the Request for Transfer window. 

    WCPSS Employees

    This transfer describes full-time employees requesting that their child attend the same school or campus where they will be working for that school year.  

    • Most requests are granted. Some restrictions apply. 
    • Transportation may be provided. Transportation information is provided in the address look-up.  

    Traditional Calendar Transfer

    This transfer describes students who attend a year-round or modified-calendar school and wish to attend a school with a traditional calendar.

    • Acceptance is not guaranteed.
    • Transportation may be provided. Transportation information is provided in the address look-up.  

    Hardship Transfer

    This transfer describes families that do not meet any of the above scenarios. Parents/legal custodians must provide a reason for their request. Requests that do not meet any of the criteria defined in Board Policy, including capacity restrictions, will be denied by the administration. The school board considers student assignment transfers to be appropriate only in rare or exceptional circumstances.

    • Acceptance is not guaranteed.
    • Transportation may be provided. Transportation information is provided in the address look-up.
  • School Status Due to overcrowding, administration is denying all transfer requests to certain schools. Please note that if a school is open to transfers, that does not guarantee a request will be granted.
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