Transfer Requests

In-District Transfers:

The In-District transfer process applies to Greater Albany Public School District students who wish to transfer from their neighborhood school to another school within the district.

• Students need to enroll at their home boundary school even if they are applying for an In-District transfer.
• Parents will be notified via e-mail, phone call, or letter about their application (please allow at least two weeks following the window closing for this process). 
• Click THIS LINK to apply.

If your transfer request is not approved during this window you may apply again during the next open window; we do not keep a waiting list.

Inter-District Transfers:

• The Inter-District transfer process applies to students who live outside of the Greater Albany Public School District but wish to apply to attend a GAPS school.
• This is a two-part process. Both parts must be completed in order for the application to be complete.  
  • Part 1:  Click THIS LINK to apply for a transfer to a GAPS school - Registration and enrollment will be required after your transfer application has been approved.
  • Part 2:  Please contact your resident district for a release form to attend Greater Albany Public Schools.   This must be signed by your current school district.

Inter-district Transfers, transferring OUT of the Greater Albany School District

For students who wish to transfer out of GAPS District to another school district, please print the Transfer Out form (ENG)This file is in PDF format. (ESP)This file is in PDF format..  Fill out the form then email it to:

Shelly Johnson – Grades K-12

Marcie Barnhart – Virtual Charter Schools (Grades K-12)

Or bring it to the District Office, 718 Seventh Ave. SW, Albany, OR.  We will need to sign the form for your new district indicating we release your child as a student in our district.

For further information please call Shelly Johnson, 541-967-4519 K-12 or Marcie Barnhart, 541-967-4525 (for Charter Schools).

If you moved during the school year, here’s what you need to do:

• Contact your current school and let them know you have moved.  This is critical!  
• IN-District Move:  Students who move IN-District during the school year may complete the school year at their current school provided a Special Circumstance IN-District Transfer request form is submitted.  Please see your school's office staff for the correct form.
• INTER-District Move:  Students who move OUTSIDE-the-District during the school year may continue at their current school provided a Special Circumstance INTER-District Transfer request form and a release from their new boundary district are submitted.  Please see your school office staff for the Special Circumstance form. See your new boundary district office for the release form. BOTH are required for your transfer request to be complete.

Per School Board Policy JECC-AR(1), School Attendance – Students who Reside IN the District:  Any student in attendance at a district school due to bonafide legal residency whose residence changes to a different district attendance area may choose whether to attend the new neighborhood school or the former school.

Once a student enrolls in the school in the attendance area to which the parents or guardians have moved, it becomes the student’s assigned neighborhood school. 

Not sure which school is your “home school”?
Click here to find out which school is your “home school.”

New to the district or to your neighborhood school?
You may register your child at your home school at any time during the school year by calling the school office. Check your school website for contact information and office hours.