Overflow Transfers

When a new student requests enrollment in a grade in which there is no space, and the student cannot be placed even with reasonable adjustments, such as creating a combination class, the student will be placed at an overflow school in accordance with the following process.

• District staff will contact the resident school and facilitate enrollment for that student to an overflow school.
• The district is responsible for monitoring such placements, so that when space occurs, an offer to transfer back to the resident school can be made. Such offers must be coordinated through the District Student Support Office.
• Overflow enrollments are for the remainder of the year only. Such students will be transferred back to the resident school for the beginning of the next school year, based on space availability.
• Students wishing to remain at the overflow school the following year would require an approved Intra-district Transfer. They would not have any priority status over other new requests. Transportation is the responsibility of the parents.
• Overflow Transfers are not regarded as Intra-district Transfers.
• The district will attempt to accommodate all siblings (TK-8) so that they attend the same school, if requested by the parent, subject to space availability.
• If a student, who is being overflowed to a transfer school, is offered an opportunity to return to their school of residence, but that offer is declined, they will be moved to the bottom of the overflow/waitlist. The spot will then be offered to the next student on the overflow/waitlist.
• The overflow/waitlist is only for students residing in the school zone boundaries.
• The student will be placed on the school of residence overflow/waitlist.

To determine if space is available at a school, contact the district office. 

For more information on the Overflow Transfer process, contact the Student Services Department at [email protected].