GUHSD Special Education Department

Students Transitioning from

Middle School to High School

Enrollment information for students transferring into the Grossmont Union High School District from schools outside of the East County can be found by clicking Students Transferring From Schools Outside of the Grossmont District Boundaries.

• Description of the 2010-11 8th to 9th Grade Transition Process and Timeline
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Arabic

• Schedule of 2011 High School Tours for Parents of 8th Grade Students Receiving Special Education
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Arabic

• Extended School Year (Summer School)

• GUHSD Special Education Parent Handbook

• 2011 I-9 Transition Meeting Parent Packet
  • List of Special Education Resources for Parents
  • Notice of Procedural Safeguards
  • Annual Notification of Graduation Requirements & Maximum Age Eligibility
  • Parent Access to the IEP and Progress on IEP Annual Goals
  • Authorization for Educational Decisions
  • Special Education Parent Questionnaire (Health)
  • Spanish Version
    • List of Special Education Resources for Parents
    • Notice of Procedural Safeguards
    • Annual Notification of Graduation Requirements & Maximum Age Eligibility
    • Parent Access to the IEP and Progress on IEP Annual Goals
    • Authorization for Educational Decisions
    • Special Education Parent Questionnaire (Health)
  • ArabicVersion
    • List of Special Education Resources for Parents
    • Notice of Procedural Safeguards
    • Annual Notification of Graduation Requirements & Maximum Age Eligibility
    • Parent Access to the IEP and Progress on IEP Annual Goals
    • Authorization for Educational Decisions
    • Special Education Parent Questionnaire (Health)

Which high school will my son or daughter attend?

• School of Residence - Most students, including students with disabilities, attend their high school of residence. To determine your son or daughter's high school of residence, click School Locator. School bus transportation is determined by the individualized education program (IEP) team on the basis of whether or not the student's disability impairs the student's ability to get to and from school.

• Open Enrollment - Parents of incoming 9th grade students as well as current 9th to 11th graders may request a different school from their student's neighborhood high school through the school choice process.
  

  Letters announcing the availability of open enrollment and how to apply will be mailed the week of February 21st. Parents must submit their application for school choice in person to the Grossmont District Office between Monday, February 28th and Friday, March 11, 2011. The intent of the district is to process open enrollment applications as quickly as possible and have all changes made no later than the end of March with notification letters sent to parents shortly thereafter. Steele Canyon and Helix Charter High Schools will administer their own enrollment for next school year. In the letter that goes home, parents will be directed to contact either Helix or Steele Canyon directly if they would like to apply for admission for the 2009/10 school year. School transportation is not provided for students on school choice, including students with disabilities, since it was the choice of the parent to have their student attend a school other than the high school of residence.

• Administrative Exception - Parents may submit a request to the principal for a transfer to a different high school in the Grossmont District on the basis of a significant hardship. The first step is to complete an Administrative Exception Application from your son or daughter's school of residence. The principal at the school of residence and the principal at the school where you want your student to attend must approve the application. School transportation is not provided for students on administrative exception, including students with disabilities, since it was the choice of the parent to have their student attend a school other than the high school of residence.

• IEP Team Recommendation - Although most students with disabilities can be served at their high school of residence through a wide range of special education and related services, the student's Grossmont District individualized education program (IEP) team may recommend a program at a different school site for a student that requires highly specialized and intensive services beyond those available at the student's school of residence. If the IEP team recommends a special education program at a school site other than the student's school of residence, school bus transportation is provided.

• Sibling Rule - If a student with disabilities has been accepted to a school via School Choice or Administrative Exception, his/her siblings are automatically allowed to attend the school, also. If the IEP team has recommended a program at a school that is not the student's school of residence and the parent has accepted the IEP team's recommendation, then the sibling rule does not apply.

• Case Manager

The school psychologist assigned to the student's high school of residence is usually the person who will be the case manager during the transition process. The case manager is the primary contact person for parents and middle school staff during the transition to high school process. The names and phone numbers of Grossmont District school psychologists are listed at Incoming 9th Grade Contact List. To determine your son or daughter's high school of residence, click School Locator.

Exceptions to the rule of the school psychologist at the student's high school of residence being the case manager include:

• Students accepted to a different school on the basis of School Choice (see above). In these cases the school psychologist at the high school of choice becomes the case manager.
• Students with needs that may require a specialized regional program not available at the student's school of residence. The school psychologist serving the regional program becomes the case manager. Parents are notified in writing of the name and phone number of the school psychologist from the regional program that will be serving as the transition case manager.
• Students who attend a nonpublic school (NPS). For students currently attending a nonpublic school (NPS), contact the Grossmont District NPS Case Manager at (619)644-8111.