Enrollment & Withdrawal
Who qualifies for enrollment?
MISD shall admit all persons who are over five and younger than 21 years of age on September 1 of any school year in which admission is sought, and may admit a person who is at least 21 and under 26 for the purpose of completing the requirements for a high school diploma, if any of the following conditions exist:
MISD RESIDENT: The family lives in the district boundary lines. (state-mandated)
STUDENT AND PARENT CONSERVATOR: When parents are divorced and one of the two parents, who has custody, lives in the district. (state-mandated)
POWER OF ATTORNEY: The family has signed legal rights for the child to a family who resides in the district. (state-mandated)
MULTIPLE FAMILY OR HOMELESS: The family lives with another family, who is a district resident, due to financial hardship OR the family does not have a permanent residence and qualifies as homeless. (state-mandated)
RESIDENT GRANDPARENT: A grandparent, serving as a caretaker for the child, lives in the MISD zone, even though the parents do not and the child does not. (state-mandated)
STAFF MEMBER CHILD: Parent works in MISD. (local decision)
DISTRICT TRANSFER: Student does not live in MISD but is asking to attend MISD—limited to space available. (local decision). A Student Transfer Application will need to be completed and then approved by campus principal and Superintendent.
STUDENTS LIVING SEPARATE AND APART
FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY STUDENT

