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Intradistrict & Interdistrict Transfers
Waller
Independent School District
All students, in PreK through fourth grade,
who reside within the geographical boundaries of the Waller Independent School
District, will be assigned a “home” campus.
Transportation will be provided for students who attend their “home”
campus according to the rules and regulations determined by the Texas Education
Agency, the Waller ISD Board of Trustees, and the Waller ISD Transportation
Department. Parents may request a
transfer to another elementary school within the district.
The following rules and regulations will be used in approving or denying
the transfer requests.
1.
There will be no change to the long-standing practice of accepting and
placing school district employees’ children.
2.
Transfers for other students will be considered on a first-come,
first-served, “space available” basis. “Space available” will be determined by examining the
projected enrollment of each specific grade level at each campus in terms of the
22:1 pupil/teacher ratio. For
example, if the projected peak enrollment for second grade at Fields Store
Elementary were 56 students, then three second grade teachers would be needed.
Since three teachers can teach 66 students, this would leave room for a
maximum of 10 intradistrict transfer students without having to hire an
additional teacher. However, since
projecting enrollment is an inexact science, and since the district does not
wish to hire excess teaching staff, the district would limit the number of
intradistrict transfers to something less than 10 (possibly six).
“Space available” will not refer to unused or empty
classroom space. Once the intradistrict transfer allocations have been filled,
no additional intradistrict transfers will be accepted for that grade at that
campus. Once an intradistrict
transfer has been approved, it will be approved without the need for further
action until the student withdraws or is promoted to the fifth grade.
The approval of the transfer will also apply to all siblings.
However, the parent retains the option to have the sibling(s) attend
their “home” campus. Transportation
to and from the receiving campus will be provided by the parents/guardians.
The district will provide transportation from the receiving school to any
day-care facility that is within the attendance boundaries of the receiving
campus. The district will allow any
day-care facility that provides its own transportation to deliver and pick up
students, using the same guidelines as it is currently doing.
3.
Students who transfer into the district from another district (interdistrict
transfers) will be assigned to the elementary campus determined by extending the
existing attendance boundaries in the appropriate direction (North, South, East,
or West). April 9, 2002
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