4) Registration
Admission Procedures
To enroll your child in a Glendale Elementary School, contact the office of the school your child will attend. If you’re not sure which school to contact, call the district office at (623) 237-7100. When you register your child, you will need to bring the following:
· Birth Certificate or other reliable proof of the child's identity and age, including baptismal certificate, application for social security number or original school records and an affidavit explaining the inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate.
· Proof of immunizations.
· Name and phone number of your doctor and an emergency contact (friend or relative).
· Address of previous school.
· Proof of legal custody may also be required.
· Proof of residency within the district; driver’s licenses and notarized letters are not acceptable proof of residence. Utility bills and rent receipts are examples of acceptable proof.
For admission to kindergarten, children must be five years of age prior to September 1 of the current school year. Children who have reached age six prior to September 1 or have successfully completed an accredited kindergarten program, may be admitted to first grade.
Children registering after the start of the school day may be asked to start school the following morning. This avoids disrupting classes, allows the teacher to prepare a place for your, child and gives your child a chance to get settled before class begins.
Custody
It is the responsibility of adults having custody of a student to submit to the school a current certified copy of the effective court order or decree. In sole custody situations, the custodial parent has the right to determine the student’s education unless the custody decree provides otherwise. When parents share joint legal custody, neither parent’s rights are superior with regard to determining the child’s education unless specified otherwise by legal court documents or with regard to determining emergency contacts. The educational records are available to either parent regardless of custody unless the district has been provided a court order that specifically terminates a parent’s right to educational records.
Immunizations
Under state law (A.R.S. §15-872), schools must have written proof of immunization before admitting a child to school. Generally, most types of records supplied by the health care provider are acceptable, as are records supplied by a previous school or child care center. For more information, contact your school’s nurse, doctor or Maricopa County Health Services. For students entering all grades:
· Four- DTP/DTaP/Td with one given after age 4, otherwise five doses needed. (If the student was over seven years of age when the third shot was given, he is current.)
· (Tdap Booster needed if student is 11 years and older and 5 years have passed since last vaccine – new requirement starting 2007 school year)
· Three- OPV/IPV with one given after age 4 (Four total any age = complete)
· Two- MMR’s given with the first one given after the first birthday (only one required in preschool)
· Three- Hepatitis B with the third one given after six months of age (1-2 months apart between 1st and 2nd dose. 3rd dose 4 months after 1st dose)
· One – Varicella or history of chicken pox lesions (Kinder, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th grades only)
· Hib (at least one) and Hep A (two- 6 months apart) for preschool only
· One – Meningococcal all students 11 years old or entering 7th grade starting 2007-08 school year
If your child should not be immunized because of a medical condition, personal belief or natural immunity (i.e., he/she has already had the vaccine-preventable disease), you must file a Request for Exemption with the school. Free or low-cost immunizations are available through clinics sponsored by the Maricopa County Health Department Community Health Nursing Services; your school’s nurse has more details on these clinics.