Boundary and Facility Usage Review
Grandfathering Options
When boundary changes occur within the district, parents will be provided the following options if it does not require the hiring of an additional staff member for the student’s current school or the feeder school to which they will be promoted:
- Students currently enrolled in a school will have the option to remain at that school through the highest grade level.
- Students in the highest grade level will have the option to maintain the 2008-2009 feeder pattern:
- 4th grade at Gray and McBride
- 5th grade for all other elementary schools
- 6th grade at Wilson’s Creek
- 8th grade at all other middle schools
- Siblings of grandfathered students who would simultaneously attend the same school will have the option to do so as long as enrollment will occur within the next year (2009-2010).
- Families who choose the grandfathering option will be responsible for providing their own transportation.
- Families who do not qualify for the grandfathering option may still apply for a regular transfer, subject to district transfer guidelines.
- A student’s grandfathered status will be marked in their student records and in the district’s student information system.
Examples of the Grandfathering Option
- A 3rd grade student at a K-5 elementary whose attendance area changes would have the option of remaining at that school through 5th grade, but they would have to attend 6th grade at the middle school that serves their attendance area. Likewise, a 6th grade middle school student could stay at their middle school through 8th grade, but would have to attend the high school that serves their attendance area.
- A 5th grader at a K-5 elementary during the 2008-2009 school year whose attendance area for middle school changes for 2009-2010 would have the option of attending the middle school from the previous feeder pattern. Likewise, an 8th grader whose high school feeder pattern changes could attend the high school from the previous feeder pattern. This grandfathering option is not available for students in younger grades in the same school.
- If a student enrolls in kindergarten in 2009-2010 and has a sibling at the same elementary school who has been grandfathered into that school, the kindergarten student is also grandfathered. Any student beginning kindergarten in subsequent years would not be grandfathered. Likewise, if a student starts 6th or 9th grade in 2009-2010 and has an older sibling at the same school, that student is also grandfathered, but students entering the school in subsequent years would not be grandfathered.
- All students in Springfield Public Schools are eligible for a transfer to a school open to transfers, subject to district transfer guidelines. All schools are open unless they are over 90% capacity or have particular grade levels with class sizes that are too large.
Learn More
Read the entire Boundary and Facility Usage Review document. (PDF)
View the compiled input received from the community (PDF)
Boundary Review Final Report - November 2008 (PDF)
Review proposed alternates by school:
- Central High School Feeder System
- Glendale High School Feeder System
- Hillcrest High School Feeder System
- Kickapoo High School Feeder System
- Parkview High School Feeder System
- KHS/PHS/SW Area
Other Information:
- Read the Boundary Review Processes & Procedures (PDF)
- Compare current and proposed feeder patterns
- Learn about grandfathering options
- Read Frequently Asked Questions
- Schedule a presentation for your community organization or neighborhood association