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2025-2026 Attendance Waiver Applications

2025-2026 Waiver and Choice Transfer Application Timeline

  • March 17, 2025 - April 28, 2025:  For first consideration, all waiver and Choice Transfer applications must be submitted during this timeframe.  Families will be notified of approved or denied applications within 45 days of submitting their application and all required documents.
  • August 1, 2025 - September 12, 2025:  Waiver applications submitted after August 1 will not be reviewed until September 12. At that time, the District will review grade level, program and building capacity.  Families will be notified if space is available at the requested school. Students should remain enrolled at their resident school until receipt of an approved waiver. 
  • Waivers received after September 12, 2025:  Families will be notified if applications have been approved or denied within 45 days of submitting their application and all required documents.  Students should remain enrolled at their resident school until receipt of an approved waiver. 

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Residents of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District

Students who live in the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District and wish to attend a school other than their resident school in the 2025-2026 school year must complete and submit a Sumner-Bonney Lake Inter District waiver application. 

  • Special Note for the TEHALEH community: As new homes within the Tehaleh community are built, the district verifies the resident school districts for each individual home. Find instructions on how to determine if your home is located in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District or Orting School District.
  • For BLHS applications for AP Program: Applications for students applying to participate in Advanced Placement coursework at Bonney Lake High School must upload the BLHS AP Waiver Form into their Waiver Application.  

Bonney Lake High School AP Waiver Form

  • For SHS applications for IB Programs: Applications for students applying to participate in International Baccalaureate coursework must upload the SHS IB Waiver Form into their Waiver Application.

Sumner High School IB Waiver Form

  • Sumner Early Learning Center:  Applications for the Early Learning Center are for one year only.  Any in-district families wishing to have their child attend either Maple Lawn or Daffodil Valley Elementary Schools for grades 1-5, will need to resubmit a waiver application during their child’s kindergarten year. 
  • Transportation is the responsibility of the parent/guardian.  

Students residing outside of the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District

Students who live outside the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District boundaries and wish to attend one of our schools must complete an Inter-district waiver and a Choice Transfer Request. The Inter-district Waiver Application and the Choice Transfer Request must be completed annually.

  • Out of District (Inter District) families must submit a Sumner-Bonney Lake Inter District waiver application and a Choice Transfer Request through the OSPI portal. The application is not considered complete until a Choice Transfer Request is submitted and approved by the releasing district. 
  • For BLHS applications for AP Program: Applications for students applying to participate in Advanced Placement coursework at Bonney Lake High School must upload the BLHS AP Waiver Form into their Waiver Application.  

Bonney Lake High School AP Waiver Form

  • For SHS applications for IB Programs: Applications for students applying to participate in International Baccalaureate coursework must upload the SHS IB Waiver Form into their Waiver Application.

Sumner High School IB Waiver Form

  • Students should remain enrolled at their resident school until receipt of an approved waiver.
  • Out of District Waiver applications are required yearly for continued attendance.
  • Waiver applications will be considered incomplete and denied if a Choice Transfer Request has not been submitted and approved by the releasing school district.
  • Transportation is the responsibility of the parent/guardian. Out of district students are not eligible to use Sumner-Bonney Lake School District bus services.
  • Sumner-Bonney Lake School District Board Policy and Procedure 3141 Non-Resident Students outlines the procedure for accepting or denying Inter District waiver applications.

If you have questions regarding your waiver application, email district_waivers@sumnersd.org. 

Are in-district and out of district transfers closed at some schools?

Due to overcrowding and high enrollment, not every school or grade in the District is open for Inter and Intra-District transfers. Applications for enrollment in a closed school or grade will be denied unless the parent/guardian is a full time district employee, per RCW 28A.225.225.

2026-2027 Waiver Applications:  The application window for the 2026-27 school year will open in March, 2026.