Frequently Asked Questions

Use the District’s School Locator Tool to compare your student’s current high school with the high school assigned to your primary residence for the 2027-2028 school year.

Dublin City Schools will also communicate directly with families whose current high school students are eligible to participate in the School Determination Process.

Yes. Students who are in grades 9-11 during the 2026-2027 school year (Classes of 2028, 2029 and 2030) and whose primary residence was reassigned to a different high school may choose to remain at their current high school. Families who select this option will be responsible for providing transportation to and from school.

Yes, transportation will be provided according to the District’s regular transportation eligibility guidelines. Families should keep in mind that transportation eligibility is based on the student’s assigned school and the District’s established transportation guidelines.

No. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, families will be responsible for providing transportation to and from the student's school. 

Please note: Students remain eligible for transportation through the end of the 2026-2027 school year. These rules take effect at the start of the 2027-2028 school year.

No. The School Determination Process applies only to eligible students who are currently in grades 9-11. Students who are in eighth grade during the 2026-2027 school year (Class of 2031) and younger will attend the high school assigned to their primary residence under the new attendance boundaries.

Families do have an option that allows siblings to attend the same high school.

An eligible current high school student may choose to attend the high school newly assigned to the family’s residence alongside a younger sibling. District-provided transportation would be available according to regular transportation eligibility guidelines.

Eligible current high school students may also choose to remain at their current high school, with transportation provided by the family. Younger siblings will attend the school assigned to the family’s residence under the new attendance boundaries.

The School Determination Form is located in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. After logging in:

1. Select your student from the home screen.
2. Locate the Documents panel.
3. Select School Determination Form.

If you have more than one impacted student, you will need to complete a separate form for each student.

View a sample of the School Determination Form.

That is expected. A status of “Pending” or “Draft” does not mean you need to submit the form again. If you completed the required fields, selected your option and submitted the form, your response has been recorded.

No. Only one parent or guardian needs to complete the form for each impacted student. Infinite Campus Parent Portal will close the form for both parents once it has been completed.

Yes. A separate School Determination Form must be completed for each impacted student currently in grades 9-11.

If an eligible family does not submit a School Determination Form by the deadline, the student will be assigned to the high school serving the family’s primary residence under the new attendance boundaries.

No. The School Determination Process is a one-time process. Once a selection is made, it is permanent and binding for the remainder of the student’s time in Dublin City Schools. Families are encouraged to carefully consider both options before submitting the School Determination Form.

Once school assignments are finalized, the District will continue preparing students and schools for the 2027-2028 school year. Academic scheduling will begin after winter break, and transition planning for athletics will also begin during this period. High schools will provide additional information directly to students and families as those processes move forward. Transition activities and opportunities for students to become familiar with their new schools are also planned for the spring.

Dublin City Schools finalized the list of current high school students impacted by the 2027-2028 boundary changes on October 1. With that list finalized, the District has been able to more precisely review sibling information.

Of the impacted high school students, 382 have at least one sibling who is currently in eighth grade or younger. Collectively, those 382 students have 504 younger siblings, which means some impacted students have more than one younger sibling. Those siblings range in age from eighth grade to preschool. 

The District is sharing this information in response to questions from families and community members. While we have reviewed this data to better understand and respond to those concerns, it is only one part of the broader picture. We must also consider the impact across all three high schools and over time, including how it affects enrollment, staffing, transportation, facility use, feeder patterns, administrative efficiency, and fiscal stewardship. For that reason, the District is not considering changes to the current implementation guidelines and will continue to prioritize a sustainable, consistent approach for the district as a whole.

We understand why families are asking for this option. Keeping siblings together can be very important to families, and we recognize that this part of the transition may be difficult.

After considering those concerns, the District is maintaining the current transition plan because adding additional grandfathering exceptions would make it more difficult to implement the new attendance boundaries consistently, accurately and in a way that accomplishes the goals of redistricting. The current approach provides clear guidelines for families while also allowing the District to reliably plan enrollment, staffing, transportation, scheduling and resources for the 2027-2028 school year and beyond.

The challenge with creating an additional exception is determining where that exception begins and ends.

If younger siblings are permitted to remain at a previous school, families with other circumstances may understandably ask why their situation does not also qualify. Similar questions could arise at other grade levels or from families facing other significant transitions.

Maintaining one clear set of guidelines allows the District to apply the transition plan consistently rather than making individual determinations about which family circumstances qualify for an exception.

The District considered the impact of limited or temporary exceptions as well.

Even a one- or two-year exception creates another eligibility line that must be defined and consistently administered. A one-year exception raises the question of why two years would not be appropriate, and a sibling exception may lead to similar requests based on other family circumstances.

Rather than adding additional layers of eligibility, the District chose a transition plan with clearly defined options that can be consistently communicated and administered.

A central purpose of redistricting is to better balance enrollment and support sustainable use of District facilities.

Allowing students to remain at schools outside their newly assigned attendance areas for multiple years would make enrollment projections less predictable and could reduce the enrollment relief the new boundaries are intended to provide.

Those enrollment projections also affect staffing, scheduling, transportation, course offerings and other operational decisions. Maintaining the established transition guidelines gives the District greater certainty about where students will attend and allows schools to plan accordingly.

We recognize that every family has its own circumstances, and many of the requests we receive are understandable.

However, a case-by-case process would require the District to determine which individual circumstances are significant enough to warrant an exception and which are not. That could result in families with similar situations receiving different outcomes and make the transition guidelines more difficult to administer consistently.

For that reason, the District has chosen to maintain clearly defined guidelines that apply across families and schools.