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Voluntary Transfer

Voluntary Transfer – Neighborhood Schools • Neighborhood Schools have been at the center of conversations about determination of Attendance Areas • Neighborhoods were self-defined in the last round of the Attendance Area Development process • Walkability has been at the center of conversations about neighborhoods and determination of Attendance Areas • Walkability has focused on 1- and 2-mile driving radii from neighborhood schools 2 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • Voluntary Transfers are requests from parents for their student(s) to attend a school other than their designated neighborhood school • Please be aware that Voluntary Transfer differs from Open Enrollment • Open Enrollment is the process by which parents/guardians residing in an Iowa district may enroll their children into another Iowa school district under the terms and conditions of Iowa Code section 282.18 and 281--Iowa Administrative Code 17 3 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • Elementary (Grades K-6) Voluntary School Transfer Information • Transfer request are required at the elementary level on an annual basis • Students do not have an automatic guarantee to keep the transfer beyond one year. • Students who are provided transfers into an elementary school are NOT guaranteed any subsequent junior high transfers. • Transfers approved prior to the 2014-15 school year and for the 2014-15 school year do not require annual application. • On December 10, 2015 the No Child Left Behind Act was replaced with the Every Student Succeeds Act. • School districts are no longer required to allow new Schools In Need of Assistance (SINA) transfers. • Students currently on a SINA transfer will be allowed to continue attending their designated school through 6th grade. 4 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • Elementary (Grades K-6) Voluntary School Transfer Information • The deadline for submitting elementary transfer requests for the following school year is July 1 st . • Determinations will be made after that time. • Transfers will be processed as received after July 1 st on a first come, first serve basis and approval will be based on space available. • Transfers will be granted based on class sizes remaining within board-established class size parameters. • A student who is not granted a voluntary transfer will be placed on a waiting list through mid-September. If classroom space becomes available, families will be contacted to determine if they wish to accept the space. • If a voluntary transfer is requested after the start of the school year due to a change of address, the transfer will only be valid through the remainder of the current school year. 5 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • Elementary (Grades K-6) Voluntary School Transfer Information • Families are required to provide their own transportation for the student(s) when voluntarily transferring. • Employees of the Iowa City Community School District do not receive preference in the transfer process. 6 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • All Voluntary Transfers Are Subject to Cancellation Upon • Changes to boundaries/attendance areas • Changes to District transfer policies • Verification that transfer request information provided was inaccurate or incomplete • Failure of the student to maintain adequate attendance and/or behavior patterns • Change in student transportation needs 7 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Current Practices • Students Receiving Special Services • If a student is placed at a school that is not their designated home attendance area school due to Special Education, English Language Learner (ELL) programs, or for 504 Plan purposes, their siblings may also attend that placement school. • Once the placed student is no longer assigned to the attendance center for the above special services, all family members must return to their home school. • When a student receiving Special Education services or student receiving services under a Section 504 Plan transfers schools, the building principal/designee will call a meeting of an Individualized Education Program(IEP) team or 504 building level team, and, in consultation with parents, review the student’s IEP or Section 504 Plan prior to enrollment at the beginning of a new school year or within 5 days of enrollment if the school year has already begun. 8 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Historical Perspective Transfer Out % (of Live) 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% Kirkwood Wood Alexander Longfellow Twain Mann Coralville Hoover Lucas Weber Garner Van Allen Penn Hills Lemme Horn Shimek Wickham Lincoln Borlaug Central (Court) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 9 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Historical Perspective Transfer Out % (of Live) 2017-18 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 10 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Historical Perspective 2014-15 K-6 Student Live-Enroll Table ENROLL Live & Transfer Transfer Out % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Live Enroll Out (of Live) 1 Alexander Alexander 2 Borlaug 332 1 4 1 4 1 1 18 1 5 368 332 36 9.8% Borlaug 3 Coralville Central 18 354 14 47 5 1 3 5 13 460 354 106 23.0% Coralville Central 4 Garner 500 4 2 34 22 3 17 582 500 82 14.1% Garner 5 Hills 1 86 2 4 2 4 2 1 102 86 16 15.7% Hills 6 Hoover (Court) 229 1 1 1 7 6 2 1 248 229 19 7.7% Hoover (Court) 7 Horn 23 4 2 1 443 2 1 21 1 498 443 55 11.0% Horn 8 Kirkwood 13 33 4 15 293 12 5 1 2 16 394 293 101 25.6% Kirkwood 9 Lemme 8 348 6 11 1 1 375 348 27 7.2% Lemme 10 Lincoln 1 1 2 195 2 1 2 3 207 195 12 5.8% Lincoln LIVE LIVE 11 Longfellow 2 10 271 6 6 1 1 2 299 271 28 9.4% Longfellow 12 Lucas 1 6 2 16 1 5 347 6 8 3 1 9 405 347 58 14.3% Lucas 13 Mann 1 3 1 1 2 6 2 196 6 2 5 225 196 29 12.9% Mann 14 Penn 1 26 455 1 20 11 1 515 455 60 11.7% Penn 15 Shimek 2 2 1 3 165 1 174 165 9 5.2% Shimek 16 Twain 4 1 11 17 1 3 11 2 11 8 2 11 341 5 41 469 341 128 27.3% Twain 17 Van Allen 2 8 2 1 3 439 20 475 439 36 7.6% Van Allen 18 Weber 8 1 1 1 4 1 1 421 1 5 444 421 23 5.2% Weber 19 Wickham 2 4 6 2 15 1 415 445 415 30 6.7% Wickham 20 Wood 1 1 1 34 5 17 7 7 14 5 2 13 25 8 1 440 581 440 141 24.3% Wood 25 Out of District 1 5 42 7 6 1 7 3 4 2 36 5 6 2 2 1 130 Out of District Enroll 403 404 581 111 311 493 363 407 237 329 405 223 530 210 378 507 490 503 511 7396 6270 996 13.5% Live & Enroll 332 354 500 86 229 443 293 348 195 271 347 196 455 165 341 439 421 415 440 6270 Transfer In 71 50 81 25 82 50 70 59 42 58 58 27 75 45 37 68 69 88 71 1126 Transfer In % (of Enroll) 17.6% 12.4% 13.9% 22.5% 26.4% 10.1% 19.3% 14.5% 17.7% 17.6% 14.3% 12.1% 14.2% 21.4% 9.8% 13.4% 14.1% 17.5% 13.9% 15.2% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 ENROLL 11 9/25/2018

Voluntary Transfer – Historical Perspective 2015-16 K-6 Student Live-Enroll Table ENROLL Live & Transfer Transfer Out % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Live Enroll Out (of Live) 1 Alexander 333 1 4 4 3 2 4 5 2 5 1 3 1 16 384 333 51 13.3% Alexander 2 Borlaug 387 2 4 1 1 6 1 2 404 387 17 4.2% Borlaug 3 Coralville Central 13 390 2 5 20 3 2 2 3 7 13 460 390 70 15.2% Coralville Central 4 Garner 586 1 4 27 15 3 29 665 586 79 11.9% Garner 5 Hills 166 2 1 1 1 171 166 5 2.9% Hills 6 Hoover (Court) 1 220 4 8 3 1 2 1 240 220 20 8.3% Hoover (Court) 7 Horn 5 2 1 1 473 1 5 2 1 1 1 14 1 508 473 35 6.9% Horn 8 Kirkwood 14 22 8 282 13 3 1 1 2 3 2 17 1 369 282 87 23.6% Kirkwood 9 Lemme 8 357 1 3 7 1 1 1 379 357 22 5.8% Lemme 10 Lincoln 1 2 206 1 1 2 1 214 206 8 3.7% Lincoln LIVE LIVE 11 Longfellow 3 1 6 294 3 7 1 6 1 322 294 28 8.7% Longfellow 12 Lucas 1 1 4 10 4 401 8 4 4 11 448 401 47 10.5% Lucas 13 Mann 2 2 1 2 4 4 195 5 3 2 220 195 25 11.4% Mann 14 Penn 1 1 10 1 506 1 13 10 1 544 506 38 7.0% Penn 15 Shimek 1 3 2 1 2 178 187 178 9 4.8% Shimek 16 Twain 5 3 1 1 6 7 1 4 2 6 1 5 235 3 3 283 235 48 17.0% Twain 17 Van Allen 1 5 2 5 482 24 519 482 37 7.1% Van Allen 18 Weber 5 1 377 383 377 6 1.6% Weber 19 Wickham 2 2 2 4 4 1 428 443 428 15 3.4% Wickham 20 Wood 7 19 7 1 4 9 2 4 10 2 320 385 320 65 16.9% Wood 25 Out of District 1 4 4 4 1 7 1 2 2 3 12 3 2 2 1 49 Out of District Enroll 348 431 422 609 184 272 500 314 395 239 338 442 222 552 212 262 524 422 529 360 7577 6483 712 9.4% Live & Enroll 333 387 390 586 166 220 473 282 357 206 294 401 195 506 178 235 482 377 428 320 6816 Transfer In 15 44 32 23 18 52 27 32 38 33 44 41 27 46 34 27 42 45 101 40 761 Transfer In % (of Enroll) 4.3% 10.2% 7.6% 3.8% 9.8% 19.1% 5.4% 10.2% 9.6% 13.8% 13.0% 9.3% 12.2% 8.3% 16.0% 10.3% 8.0% 10.7% 19.1% 11.1% 10.0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 ENROLL 12 9/25/2018