Registration

The Newburgh Enlarged City School District wants to ensure it can give you the news you need to make important decisions and advocate for your child. Changes to your child’s records should be done at the Welcome Center/Office of Registration (district-level). Changes of information done at the school level can only be viewed at the school level. Changes at the district-level can be viewed by the school and the district. This ensures that any information sent by the school or the district will arrive at the correct address in a timely fashion and that calls (informational/emergency) from the school or the district will be placed to the correct phone number. If a family’s information is not timely, it can affect program selection, transportation, and the receipt of notifications, such as report cards and school placements. Please read the electronic change of information form in its entirety to make sure your change of information request is successful. Changes of information cannot be done without the appropriate identification and/or residency verification documents (no older than three (3) months old). Identification and residency documents are required to ensure the safety of children and to verify that the child receiving education services resides within the NECSD.

Transfer requests should be initiated at your child’s school. The NECSD invites families in our school community to speak with their child’s teacher, grade-level administrator, or the building principal. This provides an opportunity to identify challenges and concerns that can be addressed and remedied at the school level to support the success of your child. Transfers will not be enacted unless there has been a conversation regarding the transfer with the appropriate school professionals.

If you are seeking to transfer your child after receiving a school placement notice, transfers are reviewed at the end of July and are enacted based on the waitlist number assigned to your child. 

Considerations for transfers include, but are not limited to: 

Safety - There are protocols and procedures that determine this type of transfer. Please consult the Student Code of Conduct or contact your child’s school regarding safety issues.

Siblings -  When children of the same grade-level (elementary, middle, high) are enrolled at multiple schools across the district it can present challenges regarding family engagement or families experiencing transportation concerns. When possible, a transfer may be granted when siblings at the same grade-level are separated.

Available Space - Schools have limited space opportunities. Schools that have the appropriate school population levels ensure the safety of children and support their learning experience. Please be advised that as siblings advance through the school district it is possible that a younger sibling may not attend the previous schools of their older siblings. Placements at oversubscribed schools are done by lottery.

Program Needs - The program needs of children are taken into consideration when a transfer is requested. If a child has specific program needs, transfers are done in consultation with the appropriate departments. A transfer may not be granted if the program needs of the child cannot be met by placing the child at another school. 

Waitlist Assignments - Transfers not meeting any of the previous criteria are considered based on waitlist numbers assigned by lottery. Transfers are enacted in numerical order.

Transfer requests received January through the end of June are considered for the following September. Transfer requests are reviewed at the end of July by the Office of Registration.