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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=ACPScommunications][quote=Anonymous]While we have your attention Ms Lloyd, will you confirm that some admin transfers are still be granted out of JH?[/quote]

[b]While some administrative transfers are permitted under ACPS policies, these are for exceptional student situations[/b] based on health, safety, or a temporary or mid-year housing change. These requests may be granted if there is capacity at the requested grade level, and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Transportation is not provided for parent/guardian-requested administrative transfers.

Students may opt into JH on the grounds that as a K-8 school it is a programmatic school if there is capacity at the requested grade level. [b]Students may not opt out of a K-8 school during grades K-5[/b], but may opt out beginning in grade 6. Transportation is provided for programmatic transfers.[/quote]

The two bolded sentences seem contradictory ("are permitted . . . exceptional student situations" vs. "may not").  [/quote]

Not the PP who wrote this explanation, but I'm familiar with the transfer policies. The phrase
Students may not opt out of a K-8 school during grades K-5
is indicating that if you have an elementary aged kid zoned for Jefferson-Houston, or the new K-8 school Patrick Henry, you can't say that the reason you want a transfer out is because you don't want to do the middle school years at the K-8 schools. You would remain at Jefferson Houston or Patrick Henry for grades K-5, and then when your student gets to 6th grade, you can choose to remain at Jefferson Houston or Patrick Henry, or you can opt for the traditional middle schools, George Washington or Francis Hammond.

Administrative transfers are now a very narrow, limited option that is possible to apply for at any school (not just Jefferson Houston) but it's only going to be granted for very specific reasons related to health and safety of the student.

Every year, the school board get reports on the number of transfers in and out of schools, and the reasons the transfers were granted. It's publicly posted and discussed at a meeting. For folks that have concerns about transfers out of Jefferson Houston, what you need to be looking for is not zero transfers out of Jefferson Houston, because there could always be legitimate reasons for a handful of transfers. What you DO need to look for is that there is not an unusually higher number of transfers out of Jefferson Houston in comparison to other elementary schools.
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