Quote Originally Posted by Dawgpix View Post
Did I read it right. You can choose your high school anywhere in the parish by the 9th grade? And, transferring within the parish after that will be tough to do without a sit-out year?
That's what we've had in Rapides Parish for a couple of years now. Every child in the parish, athlete or not, can declare an intent to attend a school outside of his/her attendance zone during the spring of the child's eighth grade year. The caveat is that bus service is only given within the district, so all students outside of the zone must provide their own transportation. Once the freshman eligibility is established, a student cannot transfer without sitting out a year (or getting a special waiver, which is very hard to get). So far, it's actually worked pretty well.