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Veterans Campus
12121 Veterans Memorial
Houston, TX 77067
Tel: (281) 893-9349
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Vickery Campus
12330 Vickery Drive
Houston, TX 77039
Tel: (281) 987-7300
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Corsicana Campus
901 E. 10th St
Corsicana, TX 75110
Tel: (903) 872-0988
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Admission Eligibility
General Eligibility for Admittance
The schools within the District shall admit all students who are at least 5 years old on September 1 of the current school year, but are less than 21 years old by the same date, are eligible for free attendance in the district in which their parent, guardian, or person having lawful control resides. TEC 25.001, 42.003
Residency Requirement
The residence of a minor (a child under the age of eighteen (18) years) is established through the residence of the child's parent, guardian, or other person having lawful control under a court order. According to the Texas Education Code (TEC) 25.001 students are entitled to attend school in the district in which they reside. For attendance and zoning purposes, students residing within the following districts are considered to be within TDPACS school district:
- Cypress Fairbanks
- Spring
- Houston
- Aldine
- North Forest
- Klein
- Corsicana
If you are not zoned to any of the districts listed above, you are not eligible to enroll your child in the TDPACS School District.
A homeless child is a minor who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate residence or who has a primary nighttime residence either in a supervised, publicly or privately operated shelter for temporary accommodations. A person who claims to be a homeless child will not be excluded from enrolling in school. A homeless child's residence for school purposes shall be the place where the child most regularly lives.
Falsifying Enrollment Information
All information recorded in the enrollment packets should be completed with true and accurate information. Anyone who knowingly falsifies information on a form required for a student's enrollment in the district shall be liable to the district if the student is not eligible for enrollment but is enrolled on the basis of false information.
Admission Requirements for Enrollment
Enrollment Packet
The District requires that each enrollment packet be completed in its entirety. Along with submitting the completed enrollment packet, applicants must submit the original social security card, child identification (birth certificate), current immunization card, and previous school records. The District also requires that the person eligible to enroll the student provide proof of residency in the district, which for district purposes is a current lease agreement, closing contract on a home and a letter from their builder or realtor with an estimated closing date, or a current utility bill (gas, light, or water) in the parent or guardian's name. The district may withdraw any student who ceases to be a resident.
Social Security
TDPACS requires a social security number for each student. Should the parents or guardians not make this number available due to foreign status, a state student identification number is assigned to the student for record identification.
Child's Identity
Texas Education Code (TEC) 38.001 requires a parent or legal guardian to present within 30 days of a child's enrollment, proof of the child's identity (birth certificate or any other acceptable documentation) to the district for that scholastic year. Only originals are accepted. If the district does not receive complete immunization records or proof that immunizations have begun within 30 days of enrollment, then the district may withdraw the student. If this information is not provided or if a child is enrolled under a name other than the child's name as it appears in the identifying document or records, the district is required to notify the Missing Children and Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse at (800) 346-3243.
Immunization Requirements
Texas law requires immunization for all students enrolled in school. An affidavit must be on file at the school for students who are exempt from immunization for religious reasons. The testing is required for students coming from outside the United States. A student enrolling in TDPACS for the first time must present satisfactory evidence of meeting the following immunizations:
- Polio: 3 or more doses of Polio vaccines, including at least one (1) dose since the fourth birthday.
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (DTP): 4 or more doses of DTP/DTTD. One dose must have been received since their fourth (4th) birthday and one (1) dose within the last ten (10) years.
- Measles: (1) dose of measles vaccine on or after the first birthday or provide a physician verified history of measles illness or serologic proof of immunity to measles and one (1) additional dose measles vaccine at the age of five.
- Rubella: one (1) dose of Rubella vaccine on or after the first birthday or provide serologic proof of immunity to Rubella.
- Mumps: one (1) dose of mumps vaccine on or after the first birthday.
- Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib): one (1) dose of Hib conjugate vaccine administered on or after fifteen (15) months of age: a primary series and booster completed at twelve (12) months of age; one (1) one (1) dose of Hib polysaccharide vaccine (HibPV) administered after twenty-four (24) months of age.
- Hepatitis B: three (3) doses of vaccine.
- Varicella: one (1) dose on or after the first birthday.
- PPD-Mantoux: TB Skin Test within current school year.
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