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District explains reassignment window, appeals and eligibility under revised policy 4150
Summary
District student services staff briefed the board on changes to the reassignment process (policy 4150): the annual reassignment request window will be Feb. 1-28, initial decisions will be communicated by April 1, and parents have a two-stage appeal (superintendent then board) with 5 business days per appeal.
A district student services administrator briefed the Craven County Board of Education on the reassignment process and revised timeline under policy 4150, including new application dates, decision timelines and appeal steps.
Under the updated schedule, the annual reassignment window for families who live in Craven County or who seek discretionary admission opens Feb. 1 and closes Feb. 28. The presenter said schools will consider student standing (behavior, academics and attendance), class-size limits for grades with caps (K-3) and the orderly administration of class assignments when reviewing requests.
How appeals work: the staff member described a two-step appeal. If a reassignment request is denied, parents have five business days to submit a written appeal to the superintendent. If the superintendent upholds the denial, parents then have five business days to submit a written request for a board hearing; the board chair selects a hearing panel and the board panel hears live testimony. The board's final ruling will be transmitted to the parent as the policy requires.
Why it matters: reassignment and open-enrollment decisions affect class-size, staffing and resource allocation and must balance individual family requests against district capacity.
Details provided: staff said current online reassignment links accept requests for new students and bona fide moves at other times but that the formal annual reassignment window and digital application infrastructure will be used for planned reassignment requests. The presenter said administrators will notify families of initial decisions by April 1 and that data managers will update Infinite Campus assignment records to preserve changes when the system rolls forward.
The board asked for frequency and totals: staff said the district processed roughly 500 reassignment requests in the recent period, with a substantial number of appeals (30 to 60 hearing appeals was cited in conversation). The board asked for a school-by-school breakdown of approved reassignments and staff said they will provide that spreadsheet.
Ending: the board accepted the briefing and asked staff to return with historical data broken down by school showing requests received, approvals, and final hearing counts.
