KINGSPORT – Kingsport City Schools will be accepting zoning and tuition applications for students in grades K-12 beginning February 8 through April 30.
Parents who would like to request their child attend a different city school outside the school zone their student is expected to attend must apply for a zoning exception. Parents of students who are not legal residents of the city of Kingsport must submit a tuition application to attend a Kingsport City school. Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their childs tuition and zoning status, even if they attended a Kingsport City School in 2009-2010.
Applications will be made available online at Kingsport City Schools website at www.k12k.com. Paper copies will also be available at Kingsport City Schools administrative office at 1701 E. Center Street.
The following are excerpts from the Kingsport Board of Educations policies and procedures for zoning and tuition:
•Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their childs tuition and zoning status.
•Students who are not legal residents of the city of Kingsport shall pay tuition charges as approved annually by the Board of Education. Failure to pay tuition will disqualify a students application for the next year.
•Tuition students are accepted and zoning exceptions are granted only if current enrollment permits.
•The system does not provide bus transportation to either tuition or zoning-exemption students.
Criteria for zoning exceptions are as follows:
1.Documented medical reasons;
2.Child Care availability;
3.An expected move to a different zone;
4.Specialized school programs;
5.A fifth or an eighth grade student with a previous zoning exception;
6.A student whose family has moved to a different zone after November 1;
7.Documented justifications related to the childs specific educational experience.
The school system utilizes the following order when placing students:
1.Zoning exception reapplications;
2.Tuition reapplications for school employees working at the requested school;
3.New zoning exceptions applications;
5.New tuition applications for school employees working a the requested school;
6.New tuition applications for system and city employees;
7.New tuition applications for out of district residents.
For more information, call Tyler Fleming, Director of Student Services, at (423) 378-2155.
February 9, 2010