Student attendance transfers

The school a student attends is determined by each student's residential address. If a student wishes to attend a school that does not serve the area of his/her residence, parents must request a variance. The variance is called a "Choice Transfer." Choice Transfers are approved or denied based on a number of reasons, including but not limited to, whether or not there is enough space for additional students.

Choice Transfers are granted for one full school year, or until the end of the current school year. Families wishing to remain at their non-residential school must remember to apply for a variance each year.

Types of tranfers

Choice Transfer Request: Other school district to Crescent School District
If you live outside of the Crescent School District boundaries and want to attend  Crescent School, you can apply for a Choice Transfer Request via this link. Full details of procedures for acceptance and denial are listed in School Board Policy 5020 and under WAC 392-137-195.

Additional information needed for consideration (we will request from previous/current school):

• Copy of Attendance Record (previous/current year)
• Copy of Discipline Report
• Copy of IEP/504 (If applicable)

Non-Resident Transfer Release: Crescent School District to another school district
If you live within the Crescent School District boundaries and want your student to attend a school in another district, you must fill out a Choice Transfer Request form via this link.

General information

Falsification of an address, residence or conditions of living arrangements to obtain a school assignment may be cause for withdrawal of the student from that school. Written notice of intent to withdraw the student will be forwarded to the parent/guardian. Such falsification may also cause forfeiture of any future transfer rights through the highest-grade level of that school.

Students living with someone other than their parent/legal guardian must provide a legal guardianship agreement. Additional verification may be requested, e.g. letter describing the living arrangement from the family with whom the student resides. In the case of students placed in temporary homes on the advice or direction of a public agency, e.g., Juvenile Court, Department of Social & Health Services, written evidence provided by an agency shall be considered sufficient to demonstrate necessity of a residential change and/or school assignment.

If an eligible student is homeless per the Federal McKinney-Vento Act, the district shall not require proof of residency or any other information regarding an address and shall enroll the student at the request of the student or parent/guardian. Students enrolled in a district program for children without a legal residence may continue in that school until the end of the academic year.

Variances may be approved or denied based on:

• Space or program availability and/or class size
• Student's disciplinary records
• Student's attendance patterns

Renewing Variances
Families must apply for a variance EVERY year that they want their student to attend a school that is not their neighborhood school. 

Transportation 

In all cases where the District approves a transfer or variance, the student or the student's parent(s)/guardian(s) are solely responsible for transportation to and from school, or to and from a designated Crescent School District bus stop.

Notification
Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received . The District shall provide all applicants with written notification of the approval or denial.

Right to Appeal
Per RCW 28A.225.230(3) and WAC 392-137-190, parents/guardians have the right to appeal to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine if the District complied with state statute, regulations, district policy and procedures and if they were applied fairly and equitably. Additional information on Student Transfer Appeals may be found at the OSPI Student Transfers page.