Norfolk Public Schools Out of District Transfer Permit Request Information

We would like to welcome you and your child to Norfolk Public Schools! Please read through the information below to identify the important information related to your request. 

Guidelines and Procedures

• Please review the available "School/Grade Level Sheet" before submitting your request.
• You must submit one Out of District Transfer Request for each child.
• Please allow a minimum of (15) working days for processing.  All requests will be processed before school begins.
• You will be notified via email of the status of your requests and if any documentation is required.
• If your request is approved, pleased be advised that TRANSPORTATION IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN (Regulation for Norfolk Public Schools Policy JC).
• Educational records (ie. grades, discipline, attendance) and available space is considered when reviewing applications.
• Athletic Involvement: Norfolk School Board Policy § 9-19: Any student who transfers from one secondary school to another within the city without a change of address and students who are granted court ordered custody, will be ineligible to participate in any VHSL activity for a period of one (1) year from the day of enrollment of the receiving school. Exceptions to this policy may only be granted by the superintendent or his/her designee.(Athletic Department).

Enrollment Requirements

• Before an ODT Permit Request can be considered, your child must be enrolled in his/her zoned school.  Please refrain from removing your child from the zoned school prior to receiving notification regarding your request. If you have received confirmation that your child's ODT Permit Request has been approved, the parent/guardian must IMMEDIATELY enroll his/her child in the ODT school.
• For address verification at the school, please be prepared to a provide current bill (power, gas, water or sanitation), mortgage statement or current lease.

Schools Not Available for ODT Permit Requests

Please contact the school for more information.

• Pre-School - Early Learning and Title I
• Academy for Discovery at Lakewood - Application based - processed at the school
• Phone: 757-628-2477
• Southside STEM Academy at Campostella
• Phone: 757-494-3850
• Crossroads - Lottery - processed at the school
• Phone: 757-531-3050
• Chesterfield Academy - Application based - processed at the school
• Phone: 757-628-2544
• Ghent - Application based - processed at the school
• Phone: 757-628-2565
• Academy of International Studies at Rosemont
• Phone: 757-852-4610
• Specialty Programs - ex. IB program, Dodson - Application - processed at the school
• Athletic Placements
• Special Education Placement - Special Education Department
• Madison Alternative
• Phone: 757-628-3418
• McKinney Vento - Ta Tanisha Walton - Early Leaning and Title I
• Phone: 757-628-3921
• Email: twalton@nps.k12.va.us
• Norfolk Technical School
• Phone: 757-892-3300
• Open Campus
• Phone: 757-892-3224
• Ruffner
• Phone: 757-628-2466

Religious Exemption

A school board shall excuse from attendance at school: any pupil who, together with his parents by reason of bona fide religious training or belief is conscientiously opposed to attendance at school. For purposes of this subdivision, “bona fide religious training or belief” does not include essentially political, sociological or philosophical views or a merely personal moral code. -§22.1-254(B)(1). NPS requires the following documentation:

• A statement expressing your bona fide religious training or beliefs.
• A statement from your priest, pastor, minister, rabbi, mullah or some other spiritual leader attesting to your bona fide religious training or beliefs.
• A statement from someone else who can attest to your bona fide religious training or beliefs based upon personal interaction with you.