Enrollment
BUSINESS DAY/ORIENTATION DAY
A business
day/orientation day is set the week before school opens for parents to
enroll their children in school. The date will be publicized each year
by the local media. Enrollment will be handled by the classroom
teachers except for transfers from other schools or late enrollments,
which will be handled by the school secretary.
TRANSFERRING TO FERRUM
Parents
transferring a child from another school will be asked to sign a
release allowing the child’s records to be sent from the previous
school. Students transferring from other schools are subject to the
same medical and birth certification requirements as if they were new
enrollees in the school system. (See below under Kindergarten
Enrollment).
All third graders new to Franklin County are required to
take and pass the second grade-reading test before being placed in
third grade.
KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT
Children must have:
v Social security number
v Birth Certificate
v Certificate of immunization
v Recent medical exam by a physician
v Health information form
v Personal Data Sheet
The
medical forms and an application form for a certified copy of birth
record are available at the school in advance of enrollment.
HEALTH SCREENINGS
Speech,
vision, and hearing tests are given when the student enters school for
the first time and according to state guidelines. Scoliosis screening
is done when the student is in fifth grade.