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Enrollment Process, Open Enrollment and Choice Transfer Information

This page should be used for all Walla Walla Public School enrollments.

Steps to Enrollment

Click to expand each step below for details.

 

Choice Transfer for Out of District Students

If you would like to attend Walla Walla Public Schools and reside in another district, you must first work with your home district to complete a Choice Transfer.

Choice Transfer requests within Walla Walla Public Schools are granted according to priorities outlined in School Board Policy No. 3130, which will be used to determine the placement of a student. School Board Policy manuals are available for public viewing at all Walla Walla Public Schools and the Administration Office. School Board policies are also online.

Choice Transfer Release Requests for In-District Students

If you would like to seek release from Walla Walla Public Schools to attend another district, please contact the principal of the school that your child attends.  If you have questions about this process please contact Susie Golden at 509-526-6715.

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Choice Transfer Request Portal may be found at https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/choicetransferrequest.

Additional information about student transfers may be found on OSPI's Student Transfer website.

Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Information

Transition to Kindergarten

Eligible students must meet both the age, residency, and non-conflicting program pre-requisite requirements, and one or more of the qualifying criteria to be served by the program: 

Pre-requisite (must meet all):

  • Turn 4yrs-old by August 31
  • Resides within the Walla Walla Public School boundary (out of district students may be able to open enroll on a space-available basis)
  • Not otherwise identified for participation in the Head Start and/or ECEAP preschool programs

Qualifying Criteria (must meet at least one): 

  • Lack access (financial, availability, or other) to a licensed pre-school opportunity (opportunity gap)
  • Qualify for Free/Reduced meals (income gap)
  • Qualify for bilingual education (language gap)
  • Exhibit lagging social and/or academic skills based on the WWPS administered screener (performance gap)
    OR
  • Does not otherwise qualify but wishes to participate on a space-available, tuition-based admittance

Kindergarten

Students entering kindergarten must be five-years-old on or before August 31. Prospective kindergartners should enroll at their attendance area elementary schools. District boundary maps detailing your attendance area are available on the district website, at all Walla Walla Public Schools, and the district office.  Attendance area is based on street address.

Enrollment for next year's kindergarten program takes place during the spring. More information will be published in school newsletters, the local newspaper, and on the district website. Contact your child's attendance area school for more information. 

Note: Students must turn five no later than August 31st of the year in which they enroll for kindergarten.  Younger students, who turn five between September 1 and September 31, may be tested for early entrance, but there is no guarantee of placement. For more information about Early Entrance testing, please contact the Teaching and Learning Department at the district office. 527-3000.

Home-Based Instruction

Washington state law recognizes the desire of some parents to seek a home-based instruction for their children.

RCW 28A.200.011(1) states that each person whose child is receiving home-based instruction under RCW 28A.225.010(4) must file annually a signed declaration of intent that they are planning to cause their child to receive home-based instruction. The declaration is to be filed by September 15 of the school year or within two weeks of the beginning of any public school quarter, trimester, or semester with (1) the superintendent of the public school district within which the parent resides, or (2) the superintendent of a nonresident public school district that accepts the transfer, in which case, the student is considered a transfer student of the nonresident district.

The declaration of intent, which is printed on Walla Walla Public Schools letterhead

For more information on the filing process for home-based instruction, please contact:

Walla Walla Public Schools
Superintendent's Office
509-527-3000              

Questions about enrollment, open enrollment or Choice Transfer?

If you have questions during the online enrollment process, please contact your home school or the district office:

If you would like support in Spanish, please call 509-526-6787.

District Office: 509-527-3000
Center for Children and Families: 509-527-3066
Berney Elementary: 509-527-3060
Edison Elementary: 509-527-3072
Green Park Elementary: 509-527-3077
Prospect Point Elementary: 509-527-3088
Sharpstein Elementary: 509-527-3098
Garrison Middle School: 509-527-3040
Pioneer Middle School: 509-527-3050
Lincoln High School: 509-527-3083
Walla Walla High School: 509-527-3020
Walla Walla Online/Opportunity: 509-526-2050