New family registration in August

Q1. I’ve heard the district will still offer new family registration in August, is this correct?  Aren’t they required to visit the District Registrar?
A1. Yes, this August each school will continue to offer new family registration at their school site as they have done before in prior years.  The paper work and verifications are required to go through the district registrar, but the family does not have to physically visit the district registrar.  In fact, during this past school year, most new families registered without having to physically visit the registrar’s office.

Q2. What happens if a new family visits the school on the new family registration day in August – and they haven’t completed anything yet with the district registrar, does the school then send them over to the district offices?
A2. No…  New families can fill out the necessary paperwork at the school building.  (In fact, schools can let Joy Zuber know how many new family packets you’d like, and we’ll send them to your school office so they are available).  The families are welcome to fill out the paperwork at the school, and then the paperword can then be directed to the District Registrar for processing.

Q3. Will the schools be able to get same day service during the new family registration?  In other words, if the family has everything needed (including address verification), can we get them registered that same day?
A3.  Yes, we are bringing in extra help during summer months and through August new family registration to help process new families as quickly as we can.

Q4.  What if the family visits the District Registrar over the summer and completes everything that the district needs… will the family still be directed to visit the school on the new family registration?
A4. We know that some schools have additional information that they want from families, so we can will direct them to your new family registration unless you tell us otherwise.

Q5. Can the district registrar come to our school during new family registration to help families?
A5.  No.  Since all new family registrations are on the same date, the district registrar is not able to be at all schools at one time.  Instead, we will be at the district offices ready to field questions and handle new family registrations.

What’s the status of on-line registration?

Our school board recently approved the contract for on-line registration with Infinite Campus.  Programmers will need at least 4 months to complete the necessary work – which means that on-line registration will not be available until mid to late May 2013.

Q1, How does this impact registration at the elementary schools that typically do mail in registration starting in Feb/March?
A1. Elementary schools will be asked to proceed with their existing paper based registration that are typically mailed home to parents.  When parents return their demographic sheets, if there are changes/updates that need to be made, schools will send them to the District Registrar for processing.

Q2.  How does this impact secondary schools that typically wait until August for registration?
A2. We anticipate using the new on-line registration this summer to assist with secondary school enrollments – however, it will not fully replace on-site registration, as parents/students will still need to attend on site registration in August.

Q3.  When it’s implemented – exactly how does it work?
A3.  It starts by emailing the parents and inviting them to visit a website where they can confirm if they are planning to return to school in the fall or not.  They also have the ability to see their existing information, as well the ability to edit/modify this information.  This is information is then routed to the District Registrar, who approves updated information as well as provides a list to the schools for who is returning, who is not, and who hasn’t responded.

Q4. When it’s implemented, parents will no longer have to visit the school during August, correct?
A4.  Incorrect.  On-site registration will still need to take place, as that’s where student have their photo taken for their ID badge, pick up their schedules, and other tasks.  Our desire is to move part of the registration on-line too streamline the process as much as possible, but not to remove the on-site component.

Q5. Will parents be able to pay for school fees on-line?
A5.  Yes, this component is already available within RevTrak and will be available to parents as a part of the online registration.