Transfer requests are up this year and the expanded grandfathering options are being cited for much of the cause.
Through Aug. 5, Asst. Supt. Chuck Dulaney said that more than 7,800 transfers had been requested with 68 percent being approved. He said that's compared to around 5,500 requests at the same time last year.
Dulaney told school board members on Tuesday that the greater publicity reassignment received this year and the expanded grandfathering led to the increase.
The school board extended grandfathering this year so that all siblings at a school could receive it, not just those at the eligible grades.
Dulaney said you really can't compare this year's data with prior years because of the expanded grandfathering.
Of the 1,304 transfers rejected by staff that were appealed to the board, 52 percent were approved or saw families accept placement at an alternative offered by the board.
More transfer requests are still coming. While May 15 to June 1 was the window to apply for families already in the district, Dulaney said 1,000 to 2,000 newcomers who move in over the course of the school year are likely to file transfer requests.
Click here for a handout on the transfers that have been approved, including which schools they're leaving and where they're going to attend.
Comments
what about transportation? new Policy this year!
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 17:38 — mike_caryHas anyone actually had any success with the new Transportation-Request process (for Grandfathered kids)?
The rejection letters have been plentyful even when adjacent nodes are still being bused (with a nearly empty bus).... (i.e., the grandfathered students won't ADD COST OR TIME!)
Has anyone had success? What was the rational?
Or was "a new fair transportation policy" just another empty promise and diversionary tactic by an out of control self-fulfilling bureaucracy....
Please people... post your stories here... good or bad.
http://www.newsobserver.com/c
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:35 — AngelaWhttp://www.newsobserver.com/content/media/2008/9/16/cip.pdf
try this on pages 4 and 5 (if it works....) has lists of schools marked converted
Staggering
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:28 — RichardAndersonAlmost three thousand (3000) elementary school kids move under the transfer process. That is three whole schools. Wow.
Misleading
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 16:09 — supportwcpssYou sound like what you accuse WCPSS PR of Richard.
3000 is about 5% of the elementary population. 731 of those are grandfathered which means they aren't going anywhere, 326 are WCPSS employees, 319 have chosen a different calendar.
Nice jump to that conclusion
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 16:21 — RichardAndersonNo, what I was commenting on was the enormity of the transfer process. They are processing three whole elementary schools of children just elementary kids through this system. Like you said, one in 20. I was stunned by how large the total number was.
I made no judgment on the process, just expressed surprise at how many people are a part of it.
Not a topic for this but, I
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:14 — rr77rr99Not a topic for this but, I just have to ask... is anyone planning a "town hall" meeting to get WCPSS To reverse this asinine early release Wed nonsense?
You know, an astroturf ground swell!
Is there a quick way to find
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:11 — rr77rr99Is there a quick way to find out how many of these transfer requests were folks trying to get out of mandatory year round schools?