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Wichita Falls ISD board adopts stricter transfer rules for employees, tightens proof-of-residence steps
Summary
After extended debate about perceptions of unequal schools and employee transfers, the Wichita Falls ISD Board of Trustees approved revisions to FDB (local) that require employees to use the annual transfer window or a 30‑day window after a campus reassignment; board also added verification steps for interdistrict transfers.
The Wichita Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to adopt a revised interdistrict transfer policy (FDB local) after more than two hours of discussion about perceived inequities among campuses and the effect of employee transfers on school reputations. The board approved edits that (1) require district employees assigned to a campus to use the January transfer window for interdistrict transfer requests or to submit a request within 30 days of a campus reassignment, and (2) add a two‑step proof‑of‑residence verification for interdistrict transfer applicants.
The policy change was presented by Scott Hapley (staff member), who brought the draft back for a second reading and highlighted three specifics the board had requested after the prior meeting: a cross‑reference to the regulation used for annual updates; a two‑step residence verification for interdistrict…
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