School Boundaries

The Richland School Board makes the final decision on any attendance boundary adjustments. Board members rely on options developed by district instructional and operations staff and input on those options by the community in making that decision.

While each boundary realignment process is different, there are some common priorities such as:

• Limiting the need for walking students to cross major traffic corridors or other barriers
• Preserving “neighborhood schools” to the greatest extent possible
• Balanced socioeconomic demographics within schools
• Minimizing travel time for students being bused

No. Any family currently living within the attendance boundary of an RSD school will continue to be served by the district.

The district is not able to evenly split the district’s schools among its secondary schools due to differences in building capacities, geography and other factors. District staff strive to limit the potential for students to be split up among different middle and high schools in designing potential boundary adjustments.

The district will continue to offer the ability for students to transfer to another school from their boundary-assigned school. Transfer requests are dependent upon schools having the capacity to welcome students from outside their attendance areas and other factors.