School Attendance Areas
Adoption Date: 7/10/1980, Revised: 4/19/2001; 01/14/1992, 02/17/2000
5000 - Students
Elementary & Secondary Attendance
5117 School Attendance Areas
Students attending the Lakeland Central School District shall be assigned to the building which serves the school attendance area in which they reside. Boundaries of these school attendance areas may be adjusted from year to year by the Board of Education in order to provide for distribution of the students among the District’s school buildings in a manner compatible with the facilities, staff and requirements of the District. A student may be assigned to a building in the District outside the student’s attendance area where:
a) The Superintendent or his/her designee determines that such an assignment is necessary to the management and control of the educational affairs of the District;
b) The Board of Education approves the recommendation of the District for such an assignment; or
c) As may be required by law.
A change of residence to a district outside of the Lakeland School District shall make the student ineligible to attend Lakeland Schools. However, the Superintendent or his/her designee shal have the authority to approve the completion of the year in the District’s schools with the payment of tuition in those instances when:
a) The student is in good standing; and
b) There is room in the student’s class
c) The transportation to and from the school is arranged by the student’s parents/guardians; and
d) Not more than one-half (1/2) of the school year is remaining.
In the case of a high school senior student, however, the Superintendent or his/her designee may in his/her discretion have the authority to approve the completion of the school year without the payment of tuition regardless of the portion of the year remaining.