22-23 Closed School List

Pursuant to Board Policy JFAC, reassignment requests to schools that are closedbecause of extreme school capacity issues will be accepted only for a student who lives in the home school area of that school. The following is a list of closed schools for reassignment; a link to the district website will be included with the Notice of Assignment letters. This list is subject to change, check www.cms.k12.nc.us or call the Student Placement office at 980-343-5335 for an updated list. This list doesn’t imply that schools not on the list have space available.

Definitions

Reassignment: Request submitted after a lottery, due within 10 days (or date specified on notification letter). May appeal staff decision to Board.

Transfer: Request submitted throughout year, all schools available. May appeal staff decisionto Superintendent’s designee.

Factors to determining closure of schools:

1. Relative over-crowding compared to the permanent built classroom capacity of the facility.
2. Anticipated growth in a particular area without definitive construction end dates for new schools.
3. Site constraints restrict the placement of additional mobiles.
4. The school is classified as a receiving school for students under SPP Eligibility.

If your transfer request is denied, you may request that the Superintendent's designee reconsider this decision. To request reconsideration by the Superintendent's designee, you must:

Within five working days of receiving your letter, notify the Student Placement Office in writing that you want the Superintendent designee to review the Student Placement Office's denial of your transfer request. 

This notice must include:

All the reasons you believe the Student Placement Office's decision should be reversed by the Superintendent designee.

1. These reasons should include the specific ways that you believe the Student Placement Office's decision violates:
   • North Carolina or federal law
   • A North Carolina Board of Education policy
   • A CMS Board policy.
2. Copies of documents or other written information that supports one of the above reasons.

Send the written notice and documentation by email, mail or fax to the Student Placement Office.

Student Placement

email: StudentplacementRT@cms.k12.nc.us

Spaugh Administrative Center
1901 Herbert Spaugh Lane
Charlotte, NC 28208
980-343-5335 Phone
980-343-5661 Fax

The Superintendent's designee will review the Student Placement Office's decision and notify you by mail of the decision.

If your reassignment request is denied, you may appeal the decision to the Board of Education.

Appeal Process Steps:

1. Submit notification to the Student Placement office in writing that you are appealing the denial of your child's reassignment request. Notification of appeal must be submitted within five working days of receiving your letter. You may submit this notice by mail, fax, in person or email to Student Placement. We do not accept these notices by telephone.
2. You will be notified by telephone of the date and time of the hearing so that you can appear in person and present information to the panel of Board members.
3. At the hearing before the Board panel, the Student Placement office staff will provide copies of your reassignment request form, all documents submitted with that form, and any additional information that you may have submitted before the hearing.
4. You may make a brief oral presentation of 3 to 5 minutes to the panel and present information to the panel that you have not previously submitted. Please bring five copies of any supporting documents with you to the hearing.
5. Most cases will first be heard by a panel of two or more members of the Board, which will recommend to the full Board whether or not your reassignment request should be approved.

The following factors will be considered by the Board panel in formulating its recommendation and by the full Board in makings its decision:

• The best interests of your child
• The orderly and efficient administration of public schools
• Capacity utilization at the requested school
• The effect on students in the wait pool at the requested school
• The instruction, health, and safety of the students at the requested school

After receiving the panel's recommendation, the full Board of Education will consider your reassignment request and decide in a closed session Board meeting. You will be notified of the Board's decision in writing.

Student Placement

email: StudentplacementRT@cms.k12.nc.us

Spaugh Administrative Center
1901 Herbert Spaugh Lane
Charlotte, NC 28208
980-343-5335 Phone
980-343-5661 Fax