Winchester Public Schools

154 Horn Pond Brook Road 

Winchester, MA 01890

TO:                 Parents of Elementary School Students

FROM:           William H. McAlduff, Jr., Superintendent

DATE:           May 26, 2010

SUBJECT:    OPEN ENROLLMENT

It is the policy of the Winchester Public Schools to enroll all elementary school students in their neighborhood school.  However, out-of-neighborhood placement on a space available basis is allowed when no additional staffing is required, with the understanding that parents will assume responsibility for transportation and that the child’s elementary school years will be completed in the out-of-district school.  Principals will use the school committee’s guidelines on class size to determine space availability.  These guidelines are as follows:

• Grades K-2            18-20 students
• Grades 3-5            20-22 students

There will be a small number of spaces available for student transfers in the next school year as follows:

Lynch                   Grade K (2 openings), Grade 1 (3 openings), Grade 5 (1 opening)

Vinson Owen       Grade 1 (4 openings), Grade 2 (1 opening), Grade 5 (2 openings)

All requests for open enrollment will be reviewed and whenever possible granted.  Please complete a form for each child for whom out-of-neighborhood placement is requested and return the form to your child’s district school principal’s office no later than June 12^th.   Decisions on transfer requests will be made by June 30^th. 

Please return the lower portion of this form.  Thank you. 

WINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

OPEN ENROLLMENT FORM

Please return this form to your child’s original school district principal by June 12, 2010 if an out-of-neighborhood placement is requested.  Do not file this form if your child is already enrolled under the open enrollment policy at an out-of-neighborhood school.

STUDENT’S NAME

PRESENT SCHOOL                                                           GRADE IN SEPTEMBER 2010

OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT REQUESTED AT                                                SCHOOL

In the event that my child is assigned to a school outside of his/her regular school district, I agree to the guidelines and procedures established for open enrollment:  i.e., out-of-neighborhood placement shall be determined on a case-by-case basis; additional staffing is not required; parents assume responsibility for transportation; and the child shall remain in the out-of-neighborhood school for the balance of his/her elementary school years.

SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN

ADDRESS                                                                             TELEPHONE NUMBER