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2026-2027 In-District Transfer Information

The 2026-2027 transfer window is open from February 15, 2026 through April 15, 2026. Parents can request a transfer for their student during this period. The link is listed below. This link is only for students that live in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools attendance areas.

2026-2027 In-District School Transfer Form

 

Transfer requests are approved if they align with the eligibility requirements outlined in Policy Code 4150: Student Assignment and Reassignment. Late requests may not be considered, and there is no guarantee that families will be able to complete the appeal process before the beginning of the school year.

Please call us at (919) 967-8211 extension 20407 or visit us in-person at Lincoln Center located at 750 S. Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, if you need assistance completing your request. 

Additional Transfer Information 

  • The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has closed some schools to new transfers as a result of capacity. 
  • 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.
  • School bus services to and from school are not provided to transfer students. 
  • Transfer decisions will be emailed to the parent’s email address that is provided with the request.
  • 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. 

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.