2026-2027 In-District Transfer Information

⏰ Late Transfer Requests: The 2026–2027 transfer window has closed. Late transfer requests received after the deadline will not be considered unless the parent can demonstrate that extenuating circumstances prevented them from requesting a transfer during the transfer window. Circumstances include an unanticipated or significant change in the student's status after the published transfer request deadline or other circumstances outside of the student's or parent/legal guardian's control that did not exist prior to the deadline. Being unaware of the deadline does not constitute an extenuating circumstance. Some common examples are listed below. 

📅 Transfer Decision Timeline: Transfer decisions should be expected no later than June 30, 2026. If denied, transfer appeal meetings will take place during the summer. Parents will have two opportunities to appeal transfer decisions, first to the district’s hearing committee, and finally to the Board of Education. Appeal meetings are private and may occur as late as August.

✉️ Email Communication: Transfer decisions will be emailed to the account provided in the Google Form from noreply@chccs.k12.nc.us. We encourage you to check your email, including your spam and/or junk folder often, as denials are time sensitive and require a response within five days of receiving the decision. Also, please do not respond or send an email via the noreply email communication containing your transfer decision. Emails sent under these circumstances may not receive a response. 

📚 Class Registration Expectations: Students are expected to make class selections and attend the school assigned to their address until a decision has been made.

🕒 Attendance Notice: Transfer students must have fewer than any combination of 10 unexcused tardies and/or daily unexcused absences each school year. A tardy is defined as arriving any time after the tardy bell (1 minute, 15 minutes, etc.). In middle and high school, this may include an unexcused absence for the first period.

🚌 Transportation Notice: School bus transportation is not available to transfer students. Parents are responsible for transporting transfer students to and from school. 

📌 Common Examples of Extenuating Circumstances: An unanticipated or significant change in the student’s status may include:

• The student is placed in foster care.
• The student’s family requests withdrawal from a magnet program.
• The student’s sibling is newly accepted into LEAP or a magnet program.
• The student’s 504 or IEP team determines that the student should attend a specific school.
• The student becomes unhoused, as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
• A change in the student’s family circumstances results in a custody adjustment that warrants a transfer request.
• The student’s family completes an address change and provides documentation showing the move occurred after the deadline.

2026-2027 Out-of-District Transfer Information

Admission may be granted to the children of permanent part-time and full-time Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools employees that live outside of the CHCCS attendance areas. Children of temporary employees or individuals contracted to work within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, but who are not employees of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, are not eligible for admission. All transfer requests in the form of an official release from your zoned school district, must be received during the February 15, 2026 through April 15, 2026 transfer window. Release forms should be emailed to outofdistrict@chccs.k12.nc.us.

Additional Transfer Information  

• Students that are not domiciled for CHCCS and do not have a parent that is a permanent part-time or full-time Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools employee cannot be enrolled. 
• Students must have less than ten (10) unexcused tardies to school and/or daily unexcused absences. Tardy is defined as arriving any time after the tardy bell. In middle school and high school, this could also include having an unexcused absence for the first period class or arriving at school late.
• Transfer appeal meetings will take place during the summer. Parents will have two opportunities to appeal transfer decisions, first to the district’s hearing committee, and finally to the Board of Education. 
• School bus services to and from school are not provided to transfer students.