St. Mary Parish Schools are Requiring all Parents to Re-Enroll their Children for the 2024-2025 School Year

The St. Mary Parish School Board issued a release today informing all parents of St. Mary Parish Students they have to re-enroll their children for the upcoming school year.

The statement said the following:

Due to the district’s obligations set forth in our federal desegregation case, all students are required to attend school in their residential attendance zones. The only exception will be for students with approved 2024-2025 transfer applications. This message is intended to communicate four main points:

1. To ensure that all students attend school in their residential attendance zone, beginning April 3rd through April 30th, all parents/legal guardians will be required to re-enroll their children into St. Mary Parish Public Schools. In this re-enrollment process, parents/legal guardians will be required to present documentation of residence indicating the proper attendance zone. The Enrollment and Residence Verification Form is now available online and indicates the required documents for re-enrollment.
2. For the 2024-2025 school year, all students currently on an approved transfer and all students out-of-zone without a transfer on file have been transferred back to the residential attendance zones and will remain pending an approved transfer request application.
3. Transfer request applications are currently available on the  district’s website (Home | Departments | Child Welfare and Attendance | Student Transfers). Two transfer options are available:
   • Majority-to-Minority
   • Extraordinary Hardship
4. All transfer applications are due May 1, 2024, at 4:00 PM.

We appreciate your support and understanding as we go through this urgent, mandatory process.

For more information visit Basic Information / Re-enrollment 2024-2025 (stmaryk12.net)