Regulation 5120-2

Admission

Student Attendance Centers Closed to Transfer Criteria

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  7/25/2023
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 05/25/2010
Related policies & regulations:  5120-1
Legal references:  

 

Boundaries for individual attendance centers are established to have an adequate number of students available to maintain viable instructional programs and maintain efficient use of facilities. The following regulations establish criteria by which a school is designated as being closed to transfer.

The director of student services will maintain the list of schools designated as closed to transfer. The Lincoln Board of Education will review actual and projected student enrollments annually at the first regularly scheduled Board meeting in December. Membership counts will be taken on a regular basis throughout the school year.

All transfer requests will require the approval of the director of student services. Transfer requests to buildings or grades not designated as closed to transfer will normally be approved. Transfer requests to buildings or grades designated as closed to transfer will require approval of the director of student services after consultation with the principal of the building to which the transfer is requested.

Elementary

An elementary building will normally be open for transfers. If one or more of the following conditions are present at a school, the school, or grades within the school, may be closed to transfer.

1. If the current enrollment of the building is at or over its program capacity, the building may be closed to transfer.
2. If the average enrollment of Kindergarten through grade three multiplied by six meets or exceeds the program capacity, the building may be closed to transfer.
3. If a building’s membership is more than 90 percent of its program capacity, the building principal will be consulted prior to the approval of any transfers into a building.
4. If the building exceeds the target utilization rate by 10 percentage points, the building may be closed to transfer.
5. Other factors will be considered as determined by administrative review.

Middle School

A middle school building will normally be open for transfers. If one or more of the following conditions are present at a school, the school, or grades within the school, may be closed to transfer.

1. If the current enrollment of the building is at or over its program capacity, the building may be closed to transfer.
2. If the sixth-grade enrollment multiplied by three exceeds the program capacity, the building may be closed to transfer.
3. If a building’s membership is more than 90 percent of its program capacity, the building principal will be consulted prior to approval of any transfers into that building.
4. If the building exceeds the target utilization rate by 10 percentage points, the building may be closed to transfer.
5. Other factors will be considered as determined by administrative review.

High School

A high school building will normally be open for transfers. A decision to close a high school due to severe overcrowding will be made by the high school principal, the Director of Student Services, the Associate Superintendent for Educational Services and the Superintendent.