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Mike Smith
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Director of Student Services
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The Student Services Department is responsible for maintaining all Board of Education policy. Board policies are principles adopted by the Board of Education to provide guidance and direction to the Administration in dealing with the day-to-day operation of the district. Although board policy outlines guidelines for all facets of the school district operation, the Student Services Department spends most of their time dealing with issues that involve residence, custody, building transfers, and the enrollment process.
Board Policy can be accessed by clicking here. The newest additions to board policy are included below and deal with eligibility restrictions on student athletes who open enroll to the other building or change their place of residence from one school building to the other, within the district.
Ohio High School Athletic Association Eligibility Restrictions
Open Enrollment: an approved request to attend a building outside of your attendance area.
In October 2006, the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) passed a new bylaw that will affect our local Open Enrollment process and policy and will become effective with the 07/08 school year. The most significant change involves athletic eligibility for students in grades 9-12.
As a result of the OHSAA change, the eligibility of students (9-12) who transfer from one high school to the other, within our school district, under the Open Enrollment policy, will be affected. Beginning with the 07/08 school year, approval of a NEW Open Enrollment Transfer Request for any student (9-12) who has already established eligibility, will cause the student to become ineligible to participate in any athletic program for one calendar year from the date of the transfer.
A student’s eligibility is established in either of two ways:
1. The building in which a student attends their first day of high school is the building in which athletic eligibility is originally established.
2. When the first scrimmage or game of the season, in any fall sport, takes place prior to the first day of the school year, any student who has participated in the event has established his/her athletic eligibility in that building.
Any change in attendance to a different building, after either 1 or 2 (above) occurs, will make the student athletically ineligible for one calendar year from the date of the transfer.
The Pickerington Board of Education has adopted this same bylaw for students in grades 7-8 as well.
Attendance Area Transfer
Attendance Area Transfer: a change to another building, due to a change in residence
All students in grades 7-12 who change residence, resulting in a change in the student’s school of attendance, AFTER the beginning of a school year, shall not be eligible to participate in any athletic program(s) at the new school of attendance until the student has been in that building through one complete grading period, from beginning to end.
Regardless of athletic participation, any such pupil shall remain in attendance at the new school for the remainder of the school year, notwithstanding any subsequent move within the District during the same school year. This provision shall apply even if the student is otherwise eligible under the bylaws of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
The following will be the only exceptions to this policy:
1. Where the program and/or activity is specifically required pursuant to an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 plan; or
2. Where the change of residence is due to circumstances beyond the control of the student and/or his or her parent. For purposes of this exception, the District’s Athletic Review Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not the change of residence was due to circumstances beyond the control of the student and/or his or her parent. The Athletic Review Committee shall consist of three members: the Superintendent or Superintendent’s designee, a member of the Board of Education, and a representative of the building to where the student has moved, as chosen by the building principal. The determination of the Athletic Review Committee shall be final.
PSLD Open Enrollment Policy (K-6)
Pickerington Schools has a policy permitting open enrollment between elementary schools as well as middle schools. This policy allows students to attend a different school within the district's boundaries. Open enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis pending space availability. Transportation is not provided. Due to constant enrollment and withdrawal of students, we are unable to finalize the status of open enrollment requests until middle to late August. Call Linda Samczak or Mike Smith at 920-6180 for more information.
Entitlement to a tuition-free education
Only students of school district residents (parents/legal guardians) are entitled to a tuition-free education in Pickerington Schools By law, students are not permitted to attend if their parents move out of the district. There are limited exceptions to this rule. Please contact Mike Smith or Linda Samczak at 920-6180 for details.
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