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Student Transfers: Majority-to-Minority

Majority-to-Minority Transfer Requests Due May 1, 2024 by 4 PM

Printable Application: Majority-to-Minority 2024

First page of the PDF file: Majority_to_Minority_Application_Revised_4_8_24_Update_1

Categories of Transfers

Outline of School Transfer Request Categories

Reason for Transfer Request

Explanation and Requirements

Majority to Minority (M-to-M)

  • Transfers will be granted to any K-12 student whose race is in the majority at his/her grade-appropriate school in his/her residential attendance zone school to transfer to a grade-appropriate school in another attendance zone in which his/her race is in the minority. The school to which the M-to-M student transfers shall become the student’s home school for all purposes until the student completes all grade levels at that school.

  • The District will offer transportation for all M-to-M students. 


Extraordinary Hardship

  • Circumstance is unforeseeable, unavoidable, and uncorrectable on behalf of the student.

  • Circumstance is unique to this student. 

  • Circumstance is documented. 


Student Transfers

Court orders in the school district’s desegregation litigation prohibit St. Mary Parish Public Schools from approving transfers that do not have a cumulative effect of reducing segregation in our schools. Therefore, absent an approved limited exception, the only option available for student transfer requests must meet Majority to Minority (M-to-M) guidelines and must be submitted within the open transfer window. St. Mary Parish Public Schools will consider limited exceptions involving an extraordinary hardship. As explained on the district’s transfer request form, the parent or legal guardian must provide supporting documentation, and the basis for the extraordinary hardship must be verified, approved, and documented. The window for all transfer requests for the 2024-2025 school year is open. The deadline to submit is May 1, 2024. 

As a result of desegregation litigation, transfer procedures will be dictated by long-standing court orders. Therefore, the only option available for student transfer requests must meet Majority to Minority (M-to-M) guidelines and must be submitted within the open transfer window.

Please pose any questions for clarification to Dr. Rachael Sanders, Assistant Superintendent at (337) 836-9661.

Archived Information:

Completed forms with the signature of a parent or legal guardian can be submitted in several ways:

  • Scanned to email (kholmes@stmaryk12.net). Suggested Subject Line:  Student Transfer Request
  • Faxed (337-836-4779) to the attention of Mr. Kenneth Holmes, Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance  
  • Submitted by regular mail to Mr. Kenneth Holmes, Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, P. O. Box 170, Centerville, LA  70522-0170

The deadline for submission is July 1, 2023. 

Forms for 2023-24 will be available beginning June 1, 2023.