23 Apr 2004
Program Offers Freedom to Choose Which School Their Children Will Attend
DALLAS– Each spring, students in the Dallas Independent School District are given some unique choices regarding their future educational opportunities. This is especially true for students who want to take advantage of any of the transfer options offered by the district's student transfer program.
The Student Transfer Program allows parents the freedom to choose schools they believe best meet the interests of their children, as long as there is available space in the chosen school. Some of the district's transfer programs are listed below:
• The Curriculum Transfer Program option gives any student in any grade the opportunity to transfer to the nearest school with available space which offers a course or program not available in his/her home school. Applications for this program will be accepted until the last day of school.
• The Hardship Transfer Program option gives any student in any grade theoption of attending a school other than his/her neighborhood school, when space is available. The student, however, must have documented evidence of personal or family circumstances which make attending the home school difficult.
• The School Choice Transfer program option gives students in schools with low Texas Assessment of Academic Skills scores the opportunity to transfer from that school to other schools within or out of the district. Students who are interested in this option may obtain a hardship transfer application at any Dallas school.
The long standing Majority to Minority Transfer Program is limited to students already in the program. Students in the program may continue as M-M transfers through high school, as long as there are schools with space available. High school Majority-to-Minority transfer students will continue to receive a tuition scholarship to any Dallas County Community College campus. For each year of participation in the high school Majority-to-Minority program, students may earn up to $1,400 for tuition.
For more information regarding the Student Transfer program, contact your student's principal or call Judy Thomas at the Student Transfer Office, 972-925-3270.