The
Coweta
County
School
System
is
reminding
parents
that the
deadline
to renew
all
existing
student
transfers
for the
2007-08
school
year is
coming
this
Monday,
June 11.
All
Coweta
County
school
students
who have
received
transfers
to a
school
outside
of their
home
attendance
zones –
including
hardship
transfers
and
school
transfers
under
the No
Child
Left
Behind
Act –
must
renew
those
transfers
by June
11 for
the
transfers
to
remain
in
effect
for the
coming
school
year.
All
previously
approved
student
transfers
expired
at the
end of
this
school
year on
May 25,
2007.
This
included
any
transfers
granted
under
local
policies
JBCD or
JBCDA as
well as
those
granted
under
the No
Child
Left
Behind
law.
The
school
system
must
renew
the
transfers
to
comply
with a
mutual
consent
decree
between
the
school
system
and the
United
States
Justice
Department,
Civil
Rights
Division,
that
will
provide
an
opportunity
to
resolve
the 1973
Court
Order
which
governs
the
system’s
desegregation
attempts.
The
consent
decree
was
issued
in
United
States
District
Court
for the
Northern
District
of
Georgia,
Atlanta
Division,
on
November
9, 2007.
Applications
for new
and
continuing
2007-2008
transfers
must be
received
at the
Board of
Education
Building
at 237
Jackson
Street
by 5
p.m. on
June 11,
2007.
Beginning
in
mid-June,
parents
will be
notified
by
letter
whether
the
transfer
was
provisionally
approved
or
denied.
Final
approval
must be
received
from the
United
States
Department
of
Justice
in
Washington,
DC. This
is
expected
no later
than
August
1, 2007.
If the
transfer
is not
approved
by the
Justice
Department,
parents
will be
notified
as soon
as
possible.
Parents
may
obtain a
copy of
the
transfer
application
at the
Coweta
County
Board of
Education
Building
at
237Jackson
St. in
Newnan,
or by
printing
one from
the
school
system
website
at
www.cowetaschools.org.
The
forms
must be
notarized
and
Notary
Public
services
are
available
at the
Board of
Education
office.
The
transfer
policies
JBCD and
JBCDA
are
available
on the
website
for
review.
In
addition,
a review
copy of
each
policy
has been
made
available
in each
school's
office
and at
the
Board of
Education
Building
at 237
Jackson
Street.