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105c Schools of Choice
K-12 Non- Kent ISD Residence Enrollment
Thornapple Kellogg Schools are participating in an unlimited 105c Schools Of Choice plan for students that reside in contiguous ISD school districts bordering the Kent ISD such as Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Ottawa (Examples: Hastings, Delton, Wayland, Lakewood, Martin schools)
105c School of Choice Application
Applications will be accepted from the start of business day April 14, 2025 through the end of business day June 16, 2025. Notifications of acceptance for applications received by May 16 will be sent no later than May 28, 2025. Applications received after that date and by June 16 will be addressed as they are reviewed and approved.
IMPORTANT: You must physically reside at the address which qualifies you for Schools of Choice at the time of application. You may be asked to provide proof of residency for that address.
Kent ISD Schools of Choice
K-12 Kent County Residence Enrollment
Thornapple Kellogg Schools are participating with limited KISD Schools Of Choice openings for students currently residing within the Kent ISD.
Openings available are: Y-5/Kdg - 10 openings, and 1st - 12th grades - 5 openings per grade level. Total openings = 70
Kent County School of Choice Application
Applications will be accepted from the start of business day April 14, 2024 through the end of business day May 16, 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be sent no later than May 28, 2025.
(Any Schools of Choice slots not filled during the initial application period will remain open until August 18, 2025. Please contact the Schools of Choice Coordinator at 269-795-5523 about Kent ISD Schools of Choice)
If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact the Schools of Choice Coordinator at 269-795-5523 or email [email protected].
- Transportation is not provided for Schools of Choice students, parent or student must provide their own transportation. A parent/guardian may bring a SOC student to a specific group stop once they communicate with the transportation department as to which stop would be best. If the student will be picked up at a daycare or relative's home, the stop must already be an existing stop, a new stop will not be created. Stops on private property are not allowed without written permission from the property owner and it is already an established stop.
- Michigan law and the KISD Superintendents' Association agree that siblings should be kept together in a single district whenever possible. As a result, if only limited openings are available, siblings of current Choice students may receive preference in filling district openings.
- If there are more applications than grade level openings, a blind draw will be held to determine approval.
- Special Education students wishing to enroll under Section 105c for whom a cooperative agreement regarding costs cannot be obtained with their district of residence will be refused Schools of Choice.
- Enrollment may also be denied to students who have been suspended, expelled, or convicted of a felony.
- Accepted students must agree to comply with the Choice district's policies.
- If a Choice student breaks enrollment, they must reapply during the next SOC application window if they wish to re-enroll at Thornapple Kellogg Schools.
- According to the Michigan High School Athletic Association, students accepted into the Schools of Choice program who are in grades 9 through 12 who have participated in an interscholastic scrimmage or contest in an MHSAA sport on a school-sponsored team in Michigan or elsewhere during the previous season for a sport, and then transfer to an MHSAA member school, are ineligible at all levels of that sport at that school through the next complete season in that sport. Students who transfer during a season in which they are participating are ineligible at all levels of that sport for the remainder of that season, and they remain ineligible at all levels of that sport through the next complete season in that sport.**
- According to the Michigan High School Athletic Association students accepted into the Schools of Choice program who are in grades 9 – 12 who have not participated in an interscholastic scrimmage or contest on a school-sponsored team in Michigan or elsewhere in an MHSAA sport one season may transfer from one school to another with no delay for eligibility at any level in that sport the next season.**
- **This new rule will begin implementation on August 1, 2018, with effects on eligibility beginning August 1, 2019.
- For more complete information regarding this regulation please check this document.