| To attend the PGUSD schools, a student must live within the district boundary- which generally means within Pacific Grove city limits, or in Pebble Beach between Pacific Grove and the Bird Rock area. See general map below. (Those between Bird Rock and Carmel should contact the Carmel USD or Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to determine in which district they reside. Board Policy 5111.1 requires enforcement of the residency requirement.). Proof of residence must be brought to the school/district office for verification. If you have any questions about residency or where your current or future address lies relative to the boundary, please call the Business Office at 831-646-6517.
There is a process for requesting inter-district transfers that is covered by Board Policy #5117. The policy as of 1998 is listed below. To view any updates to this policy and to see the relevant regulations please click here.
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The Pacific Grove Unified School District is a "basic aid" school district, therefore the enrollment of children who reside in other districts brings only a nominal additional amount into the district’s budget, whereas the cost of educating each additional student transferred from another district is the same as if the student lived in the district. It is therefore the district’s general policy not to accept interdistrict transfer students who might otherwise be allowed to enroll under Education Code sections 46600 et. seq. or subdivision (f) section 48204 of the Education Code.
1. The district may make exceptions to its general policy in any of the following situations:
a. When the student has spent at least one full school year in the district, on an interdistrict agreement, prior to the 1992-93 school year, on an interdistrict agreement.
b. When the student has a sibling with whom he or she lives who has spent one or more full school years in the district prior to the 1992-93 school year.
c. When the student’s parent/guardian provides written evidence that the family will be moving to the district in the immediate future and would like the student to start the year in the district.
d. When the student is the child of a district employee living outside the district boundaries. Note: Beginning with employees hired on or after August 13, 1998, this sections shall only apply to such employees (certificated, classified, confidential or management) working a minimum of 20 hours per week or 0.5 FTE. The student of an employee hired before August 13, 1998 shall continue to be eligible under this section as long as the parent continues as an employee, regardless of the number of hours worked.
2. The district will consider the following factors in determining whether to admit a student who applies for readmission pursuant to paragraph 1:
a. Whether there is space available to admit the student without upsetting student-teacher ratios,
b. The student’s school record, including any discipline and/or attendance problems, and
c. Whether the student has developed needs for special education which may cost the district more to educate the student than the district would have expended in educating the student had she/he not developed needs for special education and/or which may cause additional cumulative demands upon district resources.
3. The district shall consider requests to admit students who do not live within the district which are made on the grounds that admission would positively affect the students’ child care needs, but need not admit the students unless the requests would have been granted after taking into consideration the factors set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3.
4. Each student who resides outside the district boundaries and who wishes to attend a school within the district must apply for readmission to the district prior to each school year.
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