SCHOOL CHOICE

School districts receiving federal funds under Title I, Part A are required to offer school choice to all students who are enrolled in Title I campuses, if the campus has been identified:  (1) school improvement; (2) corrective action; or (3) restructuring. All students enrolled in improvement schools are eligible for a transfer to another campus in the district until the campus is no longer identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, i.e., until the campus makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two consecutive years.

Currently, LISD has four schools eligible for school choice with a total of 3,944 eligible students and 44 who took the option to transfer. Estacado and Lubbock High School students had the option to attend Coronado or Monterey High School. Alderson and Dunbar Middle School students had the option to attend Atkins, Evans, Irons, Mackenzie or S. Wilson Middle School.

If an eligible student exercises the option to transfer, the school district must permit the student to remain at that campus until he or she has completed the highest grade level in the campus. However, the school district is no longer obligated to provide transportation for the student after the end of the school year in which the student’s campus of origin is no longer identified for school improvement, corrective action or restructuring.