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The reassignment request form must be filed with the principal of the school to which reassignment is requested.
Applications for school of choice reassignments will be considered in the order of filing.
Reassignment requests for grades K through 5 shall be considered on or before July 15 and on or after the tenth school day of each year. Reassignment requests for grades 6 through 12 may be considered at any time during the year.
Reassignments will be granted only if the student’s admission to the requested school and grade level does not result in class or grade level enrollment equal to or greater than the maximum permitted by applicable state or federal regulations.
Reassignment requests will be granted only if a student is in good standing at his/her school of initial assignment. For purposes of this policy, the term “in good standing” is defined as (1) passing at least seventy (70) percent of his/her classes as shown on the student’s most recent grading report, (2) being on track to graduate on time with his/her peers, and (3) not being suspended, expelled, or otherwise excluded from attendance.
A student who is reassigned to a school of choice shall remain at that school until conclusion of the current school year. The student may return to his/her attendance area school for the following school year. Provided he/she maintains “in good standing” status (as defined above), a student who completes the school year at his/her school of choice may complete all grades at that school and shall be allowed to continue his/her educational progress at the higher level school(s) to which students residing in the attendance area of the school of choice ordinarily are assigned.
The granting of a school of choice reassignment request applies only to the student for whom the request is filed and not to that student’s siblings. A separate reassignment application is required for each student.
The Wilkes County Schools is not required to provide transportation to any student whose school of choice reassignment request is granted. The student’s parent is responsible for his/her transportation to and from a school of choice.
A middle school student who is reassigned to a school of choice and whose domicile is not in the attendance area of the school of choice shall be ineligible to participate in any athletic program for which the season has already started. The student is eligible to participate in any athletic program for which the season has not started. In addition, if the student’s reassignment to the middle school of choice did not occur on or before the first day of the second semester of the student’s eighth grade year, the student shall be ineligible to participate in any athletic program for 365 days at the high school in the attendance area of the middle school of choice. Exceptions for immediate athletic eligibility will be heard in accordance with subsection l below.
A high school student who is reassigned to a school of choice and whose domicile is not in the attendance area of the school of choice shall be ineligible to participate in any athletic program for a period of 365 days. Exceptions for immediate athletic eligibility will be heard in accordance with subsection l below.
Any student who is reassigned to a school of choice who thereafter elects to return to a school within his/her attendance area of domicile shall be ineligible to participate in any athletic program for a period of 365 days. Exceptions for immediate athletic eligibility will be heard in accordance with subsection l below.
Any appeal of, or objection to, a reassignment decision based upon an athletic eligibility issue or any appeal of the 365 day athletic ineligibility period mandated in subsections i, j, or k above shall be submitted in writing to the Superintendent of the Wilkes County Schools. The Superintendent shall designate a committee composed of the county Athletic Director and the athletic directors of the middle schools or the high schools (dependant upon the age of the student) not involved in the reassignment. The committee shall establish a time to hear the appeal and make a recommendation to the Superintendent for a final decision.