January 8, 2010 - The Austin School District will accept requests for school transfers for the 2010-2011 school year from 7 a.m. until noon on Saturday, February 6, in the Auditorium (Room B100) of the Carruth Administration Center, located at 1111 West Sixth Street. Staff from the Office of Student Services will be available to accept requests and answer questions.

Beginning on Monday, February 6, 2010, requests may be submitted to the Office of Student Services (Room A200), Carruth Administration Center, during regular business hours, 7:45 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.  
 
Through February 19, 2010, priority consideration will be given on a space-available basis to the following types of transfer requests:

1. Sibling Transfer — A sibling transfer request can be made for siblings of students who are, or will be, attending the requested school at the same time on an approved transfer. The transfer to that school shall be allowed if space and staff are available. To receive priority consideration for a sibling transfer, the request must be received no later than the tenth school day after the first Saturday in February of the prior school year.
2. Tracking Transfer — Students who have transferred to another school and who have a history of at least two unbroken years of attendance in the two highest grades offered at the school, may request a tracking transfer to the next level (i.e., to a middle school from an elementary school or to a high school from a middle school) in order to remain with their peers. The transfer to that school shall be allowed if space and staff are available. To receive priority consideration for a tracking transfer, the request must be received no later than the tenth school day after the first Saturday in February of the prior school year. This provision does not apply to a student who has moved who wishes to seek a transfer back to the same school. In this case, the student should seek a general transfer, and all requirements of the transfer policy shall apply.
3. Majority-to-Minority Transfer — Students may transfer from a school where the student’s ethnic group is over 50 percent of the school’s population to a school where the student’s ethnic group is less than 50 percent of the school’s population. The purpose of the majority-to-minority transfer is to complement the District’s student assignments and promote diversity throughout the District. The transfer to that school shall be allowed if space and staff are available. To receive priority consideration for a majority-to-minority transfer, the request must be received no later than the tenth school day after the first Saturday in February of the prior school year. For the purpose of majority-to-minority transfers, two ethnic groups are defined:
   • Black (and not of Hispanic origin) and Hispanic students.
   • American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander and White (and not of Hispanic origin) students.

 
After February 19, 2010, all transfer requests will be processed in the order received. The deadline to apply for transfers for Fall Semester is August 10, 2010.  
 
 
NOTE: SOME SCHOOLS ARE FROZEN TO TRANSFER REQUESTS  
 
There are 30 schools that will be partially or completely frozen to transfer requests. However, requests for Sibling, Tracking, and Majority-to-Minority transfers to the frozen schools will be given priority consideration if received by 5 p.m. on February 19, 2010.  
The frozen schools are:

• High School (5) — Akins, Anderson, Austin, Bowie, and McCallum.
• Middle School (3) — Kealing, Murchison, and O. Henry.
• Elementary School (22) — Baranoff, Barrington, Blazier, Bryker Woods (except 4th grade), Casis, Cook, Doss, Harris, Hart, Highland Park, Jordan, Kiker, Langford, Lee, Linder, McBee, Mills, Oak Hill, Overton, Perez, Rodriguez and Wooldridge.

 
 
In addition, schools that will be monitored, and possibly frozen, after priority transfers are approved are: LBJ High School, Bedichek, Burnet and Fulmore Middle Schools; Clayton, Cowan, Davis, Graham, Gullett, Hill, Houston, Maplewood, Mathews, Menchaca, the New Southwest Elementary School (unnamed), Odom, Pillow, and Zilker Elementary Schools.  
 
THERE IS NO NEED TO STAND IN LINE TO REQUEST A TRANSFER TO ANY SCHOOL WHICH IS FROZEN. All Sibling, Tracking, and Majority-to-Minority transfer requests for these schools, if received by 5 p.m. on February 19, 2010, will be given priority consideration.  
 
IN ALL CASES (i.e., regardless of whether a school is frozen) REQUESTS FOR PROGRAMS WITH ENTRY CRITERIA (magnet programs, academies, school-to-career, ROTC, International Baccalaureate) should be made directly to the school offering the program. Parents should contact the school for criteria and application information and deadlines.  
 
Parents of students eligible for the District’s DIVERSITY CHOICE OPTION will be notified by the District and asked to return their school choice to their present school no later than February 17, 2010. These parents need not submit a transfer request. Questions regarding this may be addressed to the school or to the Office of Student Services, 414-1726.  
 
The deadline to apply for all non-priority transfers for Fall Semester is August 10, 2010. Requests for Spring Semester 2011 transfers will be accepted beginning August 11, 2010, through November 15, 2010.  
 
Questions about school transfers may be addressed to the AISD Office of Student Services at 414-1726. Important dates in the transfer request process are summarized below:  
 
 

TRANSFER DATES AND DEADLINES FOR 2010-2011

 
 

February 6, 2010	First day to submit a request for the Fall Semester 2010-2011. Offices will be open from 7 a.m. until noon.
February 19, 2010	Last day to submit a request to receive consideration as a priority transfer (i.e., sibling, tracking or majority-to-minority transfer). Offices will be open from 7:45 a.m. until 5 p.m.
April 15, 2010	Last day to submit an application to a magnet program, Anderson Baccalaureate Program, McCallum Fine Arts Program, and specific programs developed through the High School Redesign initiative.
August 10, 2010	Last day to submit a request for a non-priority transfer (i.e., curriculum or general transfer) for the fall semester. Offices will be open from 7:45 a.m. until 5 p.m.
September 3, 2010	Last day to accept an approved transfer for the Fall Semester by enrolling in the transfer school. Failure to enroll will result in revocation of the transfer. (Exception: Transfers approved during the second week of the Fall Semester will be given an enrollment extension to the end of the third week of school.)
November 15, 2010	Last day to submit a request for the Spring Semester 2011. Offices will be open from 7:45 a.m. until 5 p.m.
January 17, 2011	Last day to accept an approved transfer for the Spring Semester by enrolling in the transfer school. Failure to enroll will result in revocation of the transfer. (Exception: Transfers approved during the second week of the spring semester will be given an enrollment extension to the end of the third week of school.)