School of Origin vs. School of choice.
If have a situation where a Kindergarten student who attended pre school in our school district last year became homeless, but the Pre-School does not have district lines, they do not have any school of choice as it is open to anyone. Just before school started their Kindergarten year. The enrollment paperwork had a District address, but before school actually started, they had to move out of the school district.
If the pre-school is affiliated with our district, but is technically its own entity, would that parent now need to fill out a School of Choice Form or would the student be considered school of Origin. If they are School of Origin but move during the school year, do they have to fill out school of choice forms.
I know this is technically two separate questions, but they both relate to school of choice.
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If the student became homeless while attending a preschool and all children attending that preschool automatically feed into a designated elementary school then that elementary would be their school of origin. Based on the information you provided, the children go to multiple elementary schools so yours would not be the school of origin.
When they completed the enrollment paperwork they were a resident of your district and at that time had a right to attend. The question is when does your district begin the new school year? Did the liaison determine this family was homeless after the beginning of the school year? Or does your school year begin on the first day of school? If it begins at the first day and they had moved away and the child did not attend a feeder preschool to your district then I would say they could only attend as a school of choice.
If the school were the school of origin and they move then they would not need to complete a school of choice form as they would have the right to stay at the school of origin until the end of the school year that they become permanently housed.