Upper Darby SD sets re‑registration schedule; warns of disenrollment hearings for noncompliance

Upper Darby School District officials presented a re‑registration plan for the 2025–26 school year and warned families who do not complete the process of potential disenrollment hearings later this summer.

Dr. Your son opened the presentation and said the district would re‑register rising sixth and ninth graders and families who have multiple‑occupancy or support affidavits. “This is for all of our rising sixth and ninth graders… as well as any families who are registered under a multiple occupancy affidavit or a support affidavit,” Mr. Ed Monahan, supervisor of central registration, told the committee. The re‑registration process opens March 26, 2025, and can be completed online or in person at the high‑school registration office.

Monahan laid out deadlines and follow‑up steps. Families must complete re‑registration by June 18; those not registered by May 31 will receive a hand‑delivered letter to take home, and disenrollment hearings will begin at the end of July for families who remain noncompliant. The district said it will continue phoned and emailed outreach through June 18 and will hold evening and weekend registration events to improve access.

Monahan provided current counts of affected students: 223 families registered under support affidavits, 860 multiple‑occupancy registrations, 921 rising sixth graders (current fifth graders) and 927 students rising to ninth grade (current eighth graders), ‘‘as of this morning,’’ he said. The district said email and phone messages are translated and that the hand‑delivered letter and hearing notices will be provided in families’ home languages; hearing notices will be sent by email, U.S. Postal Service and certified mail when required.

Committee members emphasized protections for displaced students and parents’ appeal rights. The district said it currently identifies 378 students as McKinney‑Vento displaced and sends summer outreach to update circumstances. Committee members also cited recent legal protections, including Act 67 of 2024, and stressed that districts cannot physically disenroll a student without honoring McKinney‑Vento protections and the parent’s right to an appeal. “We cannot physically disenroll the student until the parent has the right to an appeal,” a committee member said.

District staff said families that need help completing re‑registration should contact the registration office; the district will continue outreach and provide translated materials.