Parents Can Now Take Advantage of School Choice Option

Parents of students entering specific grades in Barrow County Schools this fall may have a choice of facilities.

The Quality Basic Education Act, HB251, enacted by the Georgia General Assembly in 2009, gives parents the option to have their student attend any school within a school system under certain conditions, provided the school has adequate space for the student and the parent provides transportation.

Barrow County Schools has space available for the 2011-12 school year at the following facilities for specific grade levels:

• – Grade 5
• – Kindergarten and grade 1
• – Grades 2 and 3
• – Grades 4 and 5
• – Grades 7 and 8
• College & Career Preparatory Academy – Grades 9 through 12

Parents are now be able to request that their child attend a certain school.

Transfer request forms are available online  or parents can pick one up at the . The deadline for all requests is 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 23 and proof of residency must be attached to all requests, whether delivered to mailed to Barrow County Board of Education, 179 W. Athens St., Winder GA 30680.