Attendance Policies & Procedures

Although we endorse the neighborhood school concept, we recognize that parents may wish to choose a school of attendance other than their neighborhood school. The parents ability to have a choice should be included as an integral feature of a well-rounded educational environment.

Neighborhood school attendance areas are established to optimize use of existing facilities. If you want to enroll your child in a school within the same district, but outside of where you live then you would complete an intradistrict agreement; for a school outside of your home district you would complete a Request for Interdistrict Transfer form; and for those districts that are a District of Choice you must apply for an interdistrict transfer request by January 1st for the following school year. These request forms may be obtained from your school district office. 

Requests for district transfers may be made because of personal preference based on many different reasons including special programs, needs of the family or child, after-school activities, instructional philosophy, location, needs, etc.

We have provided resources for your convenience based on the California Education Code. We encourage you to work with your district of residence in satisfying the needs of your child. The Shasta County Board of Education becomes involved only when the family and district(s) can not reach an agreement and the family chooses to file an appeal.