Only incoming kindergarten, grade six and grade nine students as well as students new to the district, those who have moved to a new attendance area, and those who wish to change schools will need to complete an application. All other students will remain at their assigned school until they complete the highest grade offered at that school or unless they are assigned into a special program. The rules for countywide programs such as magnet schools, fundamental schools and high school academies will remain as they exist now. No additional countywide programs can be added until the end of the controlled choice period in 2007. Preference ends if the family moves and may not be transferred to the new residents.
Family is defined as persons living as a family at the same address.
A student who has a family member already attending a school may apply for a family preference if he or she chooses to attend that same school. There will be a formula determined to measure distances to decide the proximity of each application received. Professional courtesy preference. Full-time employees of Pinellas County Schools may apply to have their children attend the school to which the parent is assigned. A student may use this preference when applying to a school where his or her race is under-represented.