Transfer Procedures

Any new request to transfer outside of the home school attendance area must be submitted through the office of Leadership and Learning.

If your transfer request has been initiated by a change of address, please contact your student's current school for instructions on how to apply for a transfer. 

If you are requesting a transfer for other reasons, you must go through the annual transfer window.  For students that live within the district and students of employees, the next transfer window will be open from February 1, 2025 through February 28, 2025. This transfer window will apply to the 2025-2026 school year. 

If you are applying for a transfer during the February window, your student must be fully enrolled in order for you to access the transfer application on Skyward. In order for your transfer request to be considered, the office of Leadership and Learning must receive the following before the window closes:

  • a complete enrollment for your student
  • a submitted transfer application through Skyward
  • school records 
    • must be for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, including all quarters
    • must be sent directly from the previous school to TransferRecords@smsd.org
    • must include grades, itemized attendance, and discipline records
      • if there is no discipline record, have school send confirmation of no discipline record

It is the parent's/guardian's responsibility to ensure that the office of Leadership and Learning has received all of the required transfer materials before the window closes. Notifications will not be sent for incomplete transfer requests. 

Barring unforeseen circumstances, in-district transfer and enrollment of nonresident employee student decisions will be communicated by the office of Leadership and Learning no later than March 14, 2025.  
 

Students in good standing who are currently attending on transfer and wish to continue at the same school do not need to reapply.


Please note the following schools are not accepting transfer requests for the 25-26 school year due to high enrollment:

  • Apache Elementary
  • Belinder Elementary
  • Briarwood Elementary
  • Brookridge Elementary
  • Corinth Elementary
  • Highlands Elementary
  • Prairie Elementary
  • Shawanoe Elementary
  • Tomahawk Elementary 
  • Westwood View Elementary
  • Indian Hills Middle School

Please call 913-993-6464 with any questions.