BUSD - if you move zones, can your student stay at their school?
Hi,
Our family is hoping to buy a house (one day...?) in Berkeley, and we are looking at lots of different neighborhoods. Does anyone know:
1. If we live currently in Northern zone, but buy a house and move to a different zone, can our child stay in his current school for the rest of his elementary education?
2. If we moved out of Berkeley (to Oakland / Albany, etc) could our child finish out his school year in his current school?
Thanks!
Sep 28, 2023
Parent Replies
Hi! If you move within Berkeley, your child can stay at their school for the rest of elementary. Middle school zones are slightly different from elementary school zones, by the way.
If you move out of Berkeley, you are supposed to get an inter-district transfer to continue in BUSD. However, I can't imagine they would kick your child out mid-year.
BUSD asks for residency info at the beginning of Elementary, Middle School, and High School only.
So your status would only change at those points unless you informed the district of your move.
Once your child is in a school that will remain their school until the next level if you move zones. So they would stay in Elementary or Middle that they start in. If you move from the district they likely would let your child stay through the school year.
1) no
2) yes