While we encourage every student to attend their home school, we recognize that sometimes families have special circumstances that make attending a different school more ideal. There are several types of transfers available for families in these situations.

All transfer types contain some limitations in the case of a school being overcrowded and/or without space in a given grade level. (Reference “Grandfathering” practice questions on this page.)

Attendance boundaries are reviewed periodically and updated as needed to adequately house students. There are several factors that contribute to the need for adjustment. For example: residential growth, maturation of the community; facility capacity etc.

Depending on your unique situation, one of the following may apply:

1. Do you have an older child? If yes, please register your Kinder at that location if you wish to remain there. In January of 2019, you will need to fill out the "Grandfathering" Priority Transfer Application.
2. Do you prefer your Kinder to attend the newly approved school of residence within the adjusted boundaries? If yes, please register your Kinder at the newly approved school of residence.

Because the creation of new boundaries must consider the needs of the District as a whole, the process is kept impartial. Five considerations are used when measuring the effectiveness of any given boundary scenario.

In no particular order, these considerations are:

• Keep neighborhoods together
• Maximize design capacity of existing schools
• Create boundaries that are long lasting
• Reduce or eliminate split elementary schools
• Reduce operational costs

Students applying for Open Enrollment are enrolled in their elementary school of residence until a final determination is made on the Open Enrollment requests.

For more information please visit our existing procedures outlined for open enrollment on the family resources page here.

New attendance areas approved by the Board in May 2018 will take immediate effect for new residents’ kindergarten through 8th grade students. For existing students, the new boundaries would go into effect for the 2019/2020 school year.

We’ll continue to share information in our monthly newsletter, website and parent meetings here at our school. The District will also be using their social media channels,  The MARK Highlights and the District’s website to share information and updates with the community.

Your site principal is happy to talk with anyone who has questions or concerns about the process and/or the possible scenarios once they are released. If they are not able to address your concerns, we can arrange a meeting with District level staff who are working to develop recommended boundaries.

The District’s administration is committed to providing parents with ample opportunity for input and discussion about any boundary recommendations prior to the meetings of the Governing Board at which a decision will be made.

There are several reasons we are looking at attendance boundaries. Some areas of Manteca Unified School District (most specifically south of the SR 120 in Manteca and in the City of Lathrop) are growing rapidly while other areas have a shrinking population of school-aged children.

Rather than build more new schools than needed (at a cost of close to $35 million each), the District is dedicated to building strong neighborhood schools and maximizing the use of existing facilities. The Growth Steering committee commissioned an on-going study to continuously evaluate our projected student enrollment. The study allowed us to create healthier school enrollment across the District now and into the next decade.

No. Students in 9th-12th grade will not be impacted by these boundary changes.

Yes, transportation to your new home school will be provided as outlined in our bussing regulation. There are different walking zones for different grade levels managed by the Transportation Department. Please note transportation to your school of choice will not be provided if outside of the area covered by the bussing regulation.

Part of the recommendations presented to the Board of Trustees will be to adjust the existing radius for K-8 students residing in the specific area south of SR120. The no bus zone for Lincoln would be reduced so that those students residing south of SR120 within Lincoln’s attendance area would be able to be bussed if attending Lincoln.

General Existing Guidelines:

1.25 miles radius K-8 students

2.5 miles radius 9-12 students

There will be an application process that will coincide with open enrollment. This application will only need to be submitted one time.

It establishes the priority for existing students to remain at their school based on their resident address within existing boundaries. These students are confirmed to attend their resident school once all paperwork is completed.

Students residing within the affected areas of adjustment and/or change.

Students enrolled as of the 17-18 school year are eligible to apply for priority registration to remain at their current school of attendance based on their resident address during open enrollment in January 2019 for the 19/20 school year.

Siblings of students enrolled as of May 2019 are included in the priority registration if they apply in the 18/19 school year to be “grandfathered.”