Board Policy 5111.5

Intra-District Open Enrollment

 

            The Ironton City School Board establishes the following criteria permitting students to attend their school of choice within the district.

 

1.         Students living within the specific attendance area will not be excluded over an applicant outside the attendance area.

 

2.         This criteria cannot be used to create racial imbalance.

 

3.         Application of students outside the building attendance area will be considered for attending the school of their choice provided grade, building, and program balance can be maintained.  The following criteria will be used to facilitate that consideration:

 

            a.         An average 25/1 pupil-teacher ratio K-3 shall be maintained.

            b.         Students living in the school attendance area and receiving Chapter 1 services may not be excluded over an applicant outside the attendance area.

            c.         Enrollment figures must be projected into the future grades so that the policy relative to enrollment limits will be maintained for the duration of the student's transfer.  This will be the responsibility of the building principal.

            d.         Students receiving special education services are required to attend the school within the district where services specified in the student's IEP are currently available.

 

4.         The parent of each student must apply in writing to the building principal of choice for intra-district placement and the building principal will determine if the criteria for eligibility can be met.

 

5.         The building principal of choice will notify the superintendent with a recommendation as to whether the request can or cannot be granted based upon the above criteria.  The superintendent will make the decision whether to grant or to deny the intra-district placement.

 

6.         It will be the responsibility of the principal of choice to notify the parents as to whether the intra-district placement can be granted or denied.

 

7.         The student, once assigned, will remain in the school of choice for at least one year or until the commencing to the building containing the next higher grade level.  After one year, the parents can request a transfer back to the building in the attendance where the child resides.

 

8.         Applications for intra-district transfer should be made no later than April 30 for the next school year.  Application for intra-district transfer made after the April 30 deadline shall be considered, but not to the exclusion of students who file for transfer under the inter-district open enrollment policy who have met the April 30 deadline.

 

9.         Transportation for students attending the school of their choice, when that school is out of their attendance area, shall be the responsibility of the parent or guardian of the student.  Students may ride a school bus using the regular transportation schedule.

 

10.        Students with discipline problems may be rejected for intra-district transfer only if they have been suspended or expelled for ten consecutive days in the current or immediate preceding term.  The final decision rests with the superintendent of schools.

 

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