Home Field Advantage

Monday, September 24, 2007 10:27 AM

Multiple Moves Do Not Have to Mean Multiple Schools for GCS Students

Approximately 41 percent of students who change schools during the school year can fall four to six months behind in the classroom. Additionally, research indicates that students who move more than three times in a six-year period can fall behind one full academic year.

Frequent moves can negatively affect a student's relationship with his or her teachers and classmates. The Home Field Advantage allows students whose families move to other parts of Guilford County to stay at their original school. GCS will provide round-trip transportation for these students.

Students who attend the following schools are eligible: Bessemer Elementary, Brightwood Elementary, Foust Elementary, Gillespie Park Elementary, Jackson Middle, Jamestown Elementary, Johnson Street Global Studies K-8 Magnet, Lindley Elementary, Sedgefield Elementary, Washington Elementary and Wiley Elementary.

To participate in the program, parents should fill out a GCS Home Field Advantage form, available at every elementary and middle school in the district and turn it in to their child's original school.

For more information, parents can contact their child's individual school or the GCS Student Assignment Office at 370-8303.