Attorney to help with documentation for social/emotional transfer request

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm still confused. It's just a form you fill out and your doctor signs. It's really not as hard as you're making it out to be. If the school is open for transfers and the doctor fills out the form and signs it, you're unlikely to be rejected. Just fill out the form, submit it, and go from there. I wouldn't escalate this unless or until the school says no.

You are posting incorrect information. You wrote “If the school is open for transfers…” There is NO place on the form to indicate which school you would like to attend. NONE. If the transfer is accepted for a social/emotional reason, the student registration office works with the region leadership to identify a school based on proximity and enrollment numbers. You do not get to choose which school you want. You either take the school offered or you remain at the school. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

1. Submit the medical provider information and form to the base school.
2. The base school principal acknowledges this in SIS.
3. The enrolling parent can then go into the Student Transfer portal to request to remain at the current school (if family has moved) OR request the new school.

The portal will only show you schools that are open to student transfer. If the school that you want isn’t on the list, then they are not open to student transfers - likely because that school or grade level is at capacity. There is no way around this. Hiring an attorney, going to the school board, or even the region will not change this process.

The request has to be approved by both principals and central office.

[Anonymous]

If you want a specific school, sell your home or rent it out and move. Very simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still confused. It's just a form you fill out and your doctor signs. It's really not as hard as you're making it out to be. If the school is open for transfers and the doctor fills out the form and signs it, you're unlikely to be rejected. Just fill out the form, submit it, and go from there. I wouldn't escalate this unless or until the school says no.

You are posting incorrect information. You wrote “If the school is open for transfers…” There is NO place on the form to indicate which school you would like to attend. NONE. If the transfer is accepted for a social/emotional reason, the student registration office works with the region leadership to identify a school based on proximity and enrollment numbers. You do not get to choose which school you want. You either take the school offered or you remain at the school. That’s it.

DP. Because you never get to pick the school. That’s true for any transfer. This is public school. They pick. Go private or move.

My kid is in HS and looked to transfer for curriculum (AP vs. IB) We still had to look at which open schools they would send her to. We didn’t get to pick the school. It’s not necessarily the closest. She’s not transferring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are going to spend a lot of money on an attorney. They will happily take thousands. Don’t do it. Just find a private school you like instead.

Or a cheaper option is to find a rental near a school you like and stay there a few nights each week. See, I said stay there, so don’t jump on me DCUM for suggesting residency fraud. That would be the cheapest option.

We put our kid in private school rather than hire an attorney for anything.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still confused. It's just a form you fill out and your doctor signs. It's really not as hard as you're making it out to be. If the school is open for transfers and the doctor fills out the form and signs it, you're unlikely to be rejected. Just fill out the form, submit it, and go from there. I wouldn't escalate this unless or until the school says no.

You are posting incorrect information. You wrote “If the school is open for transfers…” There is NO place on the form to indicate which school you would like to attend. NONE. If the transfer is accepted for a social/emotional reason, the student registration office works with the region leadership to identify a school based on proximity and enrollment numbers. You do not get to choose which school you want. You either take the school offered or you remain at the school. That’s it.

I don't think you are correct

Our high school is closed to transfers.

In the years my kids have attended that high school, multiple kids have been able to successfully request a transfer into our high school using that social/emotional well being reason, even through there are schools closer to them with space.

The school is over capacity, so there is no way FCPS is picking it as the best option.

There might not be a specific spot to request a school, but FCPS definitely honors parent requests for specific schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Submit the medical provider information and form to the base school.
2. The base school principal acknowledges this in SIS.
3. The enrolling parent can then go into the Student Transfer portal to request to remain at the current school (if family has moved) OR request the new school.

The portal will only show you schools that are open to student transfer. If the school that you want isn’t on the list, then they are not open to student transfers - likely because that school or grade level is at capacity. There is no way around this. Hiring an attorney, going to the school board, or even the region will not change this process.

The request has to be approved by both principals and central office.

This is not true.

FCPS allows parents to successfully request transfers into overcrowded schools that are closed to transfers

They might not "allow" it by policy, but the definitely allow it.

[Anonymous]

Just put your kid in a private school. We removed our kids and put them in a Catholic school. Or move. An attorney is a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still confused. It's just a form you fill out and your doctor signs. It's really not as hard as you're making it out to be. If the school is open for transfers and the doctor fills out the form and signs it, you're unlikely to be rejected. Just fill out the form, submit it, and go from there. I wouldn't escalate this unless or until the school says no.

You are posting incorrect information. You wrote “If the school is open for transfers…” There is NO place on the form to indicate which school you would like to attend. NONE. If the transfer is accepted for a social/emotional reason, the student registration office works with the region leadership to identify a school based on proximity and enrollment numbers. You do not get to choose which school you want. You either take the school offered or you remain at the school. That’s it.

I agree with previous poster. I’ve done a social emotional transfer 8 times between 2 kids. And you do get a limited choice of nearby open schools when you first apply on the website, or you can work directly with the principal from the school you want to attend. If you have a true need, it’s really not that hard, no lawyer needed. For one kid, I just threatened to lawyer up and that worked. Don’t waste your money.

[Anonymous]

A lot of mean spirited remarks on this thread. I just have to say you are not alone in wanting something better for your child. It will take a sledgehammer to get FCPS to listen and I wish you luck in finding that help. I’m sorry I don’t have recommendations for you.

[Anonymous]

We did a social/emotional transfer for one of our sons two years ago prior to his senior year. All we needed was a letter from a therapist and then we gave his school counselor and asst principal, who was handling it, his preferred school he wanted to transfer to (it was the closest as well), his school contacted that school to see if they could take him, and they did. It was very simple once his original school agreed to the transfer. Before that, they just wanted to monitor the situation, meet with him, etc etc etc.

[Anonymous]

Why do your kids have so many mental health problems?

Thanks for being uncool. I just reported your post. OP, we got you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Why do your kids have so many mental health problems?

Thanks for being uncool. I just reported your post. OP, we got you.

[Anonymous]

When we moved I wanted to keep my daughter at her same school. She had already moved once from out of states dealt with Covid lockdown and just got an IEP. They would approve the change and gave us options of the 2 closer schools nervous that had open spots. It was not her previous school which was further away. We opted to keep her at the new school. Since our reason was to keep her at the old school for her IEP. They may approve it but they tell you the school and you are responsible for transportation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we moved I wanted to keep my daughter at her same school. She had already moved once from out of states dealt with Covid lockdown and just got an IEP. They would approve the change and gave us options of the 2 closer schools nervous that had open spots. It was not her previous school which was further away. We opted to keep her at the new school. Since our reason was to keep her at the old school for her IEP. They may approve it but they tell you the school and you are responsible for transportation

Did you talk at all to the principal of her original school? I just want to clarify I was a PP and I approached our principal BEFORE initiating the request to see if she would sign off on it. She said she would approve it, so I got the documentation ready and did the first part of the application. Then I let the registrar know I had done that. The principal and registrar do something in SIS and then it showed up. That's when I chose the school and paid my $100. Like I said before, if you have a truly valid reason to attend a specific school, the principal will most likely work with you. Whether or not the school was at capacity never entered into the discussion for us.