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| Out of Attendance Area Request

To make a request to attend an out-of-attendance-area school (a school different than the student’s designated home school), please complete this online request form. The submitted request will be directed to the student’s designated home school principal where it will then be forwarded to the requested school’s principal and then to the Superintendent to Education for a decision.


Please note the following conditions for out-of-attendance-area requests:

  • The student must be registered at their designated home school prior to submitting an out-of-attendance-area request.

  • In cases of joint custody, both parents must agree to the out-of-attendance-area request. If a custodial parent is not in agreement, the out-of-attendance-area request will be denied or revoked.

  • The request will be considered taking school enrolment (current actual enrolment and projections) into account, and there must be a sufficient number of pupil places at the time of the request to accommodate the students within established class-loading policies.

  • The student must not currently be subject to or under an expulsion.

  • The admission will not result in more staff within established class-loading policies.

  • The responsibility for transporting the student to and from an out-of-attendance-area school rests entirely with the parent/guardian of a student under 18, or student aged 18 and over (adult Student).


Schools Closed to Out-of-Attendance-Area Requests
A request to attend a school designated closed to out-of-attendance-area students cannot be made. As detailed in the board’s Accommodation Plan, a school may be closed to out-of-attendance-area students:

  1. If a school or group of schools have been involved in a recent accommodation review or an attendance review.

  2. If a school is being used as a holding school for a new school in which the board is seeking Ministry approval.

  3. If a school cannot accommodate any further pupils as a result of septic system capacity.

  4. If a capital priority approval results in the construction of a new school or a significant renovation/addition.

  5. If a school accommodates a French Immersion or Extended French program, and is significantly over capacity.

For details on schools closed/open to out-of-attendance-area student please see the board’s Accommodation Plan by accessing the following link (Capital Planning).


2024-2025 School year

Elementary Schools Open to Out-of-Attendance-Area Requests 2024-2025

• Adjala Central Public School

• Bayview Public School

• Brechin Public School

• Connaught Public School

• Couchiching Heights Public School

• Fred C. Cook Public School

• Harriett Todd Public School

• Hillcrest Public School

• Hon. Earl Rowe Public School

• Mundy's Bay Public School

• Oakley Park Public School

• Portage View Public School

• Regent Park Public School

• Sir William Osler Public School

• Steele Street Public School

• Tecumseth Beeton Elementary School

• Tecumseth South Central Public School

• Warnica Public School

Secondary Schools Open to Out-of-Attendance-Area Requests 2024-2025

• Banting Memorial High School

• Barrie North Collegiate Institute

• Bear Creek Secondary School

• Bradford District High School

• Collingwood Collegiate Institute

• Eastview Secondary School

• Elmvale District High School

• Georgian Bay District Secondary School

• Innisdale Secondary School

• Maple Ridge Secondary School

• Nantyr Shores Secondary School

• Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School

• Orillia Secondary School

• Stayner Collegiate Institute

• Twin Lakes Secondary School


2025-2026 School year



IMPORTANT NOTE! Submission of this online form is only an application to request to attend an out-of-attendance-area school. Requests cannot be made to any school designated as closed to out-of-attendance-area requests.



Please visit the SCDSB website for information about our schools, programs and services.
SCDSB Policy 2317 – School Attendance Areas
SCDSB Administrative Procedures Memorandum A7000 – School Attendance Areas