FILE:  AD

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS
School attendance areas shall conform to guidelines established by the federal court order.

Students shall attend the school within their attendance area unless they are enrolled in a magnet school or program approved by the Board or, if in the judgment of the Superintendent or designee, a transfer to another building would be desirable for individual student safety or extenuating and unusual circumstances. Requests for individual student transfer shall not be honored for babysitting and transportation convenience of parents and/ or students.

The Superintendent or designee shall develop procedures for requesting individual student transfer to a school outside that students' attendance area upon parental request and only for reasons of student personal safety or extenuating and unusual circumstances.

The Superintendent shall have a current map of all school attendance areas readily available to all citizens and school personnel of the district each school year.

LEGAL REFERENCE: General School Laws: 380.1283
NOTE: See Policy JBCCA* (Students Assignment to Schools)
REVISED: 4-12-94
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan