Student Assignment Forms
Employee/Student Assignment
*This assignment request form is for Cumberland County School Employees ONLY. As a new hire after June 6, 2025, the application must be submitted within two weeks of the hire date. Upon receiving your approval, please contact the designated school to initiate the enrollment procedures.
Employee/Student assignment is based on the district of the payroll school/department of the employee. A Voluntary Transfer form can be submitted for a school outside the employment district.
If the employee resides outside Cumberland County, you must submit an approved student release form from your county of residence via email to studentassignment@ccs.k12.nc.us in order for your application to be processed.
*Employment status must be at 80% or greater to qualify for this provision.
Voluntary Transfer
The application for Voluntary Transfer is a formal request to transfer a CCS student from the home district school to a different school district within the CCS system. Responses to transfer requests will be sent via email to the address indicated on the application. All requests will be processed and notified within 15 business days from the submission date.
*Upon receiving your approval, please contact the designated school to initiate the enrollment procedures.
Thank you for your interest in Cumberland County Schools.
Opt Out of Year-Round
Please submit this form ONLY if you are assigned a year-round school that is serving your address and you want your child assigned to the traditional school that is also serving your address. After submission of this form, it is a continuation unless the parent/guardian request to exit the Opt Out of Year Round option.
*This form is an automatic approval, please contact the designated school to initiate the enrollment procedures.
Your child will be assigned to the year-round school serving your address for the 2025-2026 school year unless you submit this form.
CCS Opt-Out of Year round Form
Note: If you wish for your child to remain at the assigned year-round school, the assignment is for the full academic year. Students can change their assignments during the school year only if they move out of the current attendance area.
Student Release
The Cumberland County Schools Student Release form grants permission for release from the Cumberland County School system to attend another North Carolina public school system. Once this form is submitted to the Student Assignment Office, it will be placed on the CCS Board of Education Agenda to be reviewed by the CCS Board of Education. A notification letter will be sent by email upon approval.
This form must be completed and submitted for review annually if you wish for your child to continue enrollment/attendance in another NC public school system while residing in Cumberland County.
CCS County Release
Choice/Year Round Exit
To withdraw your child from a Choice Program/school or Year Round Opt-Out school to return to the assigned Year Round school, you must submit an Exit Form for each student. When the form is submitted it will be processed through the Student Assignment Office.
Important information
Approval is automatic during the exit window.
Your child will be reassigned to your residentially zoned school for the 2026–2027 school year.
This form is not necessary for transfers out of the county, out of the state, or out of the public school system.
The Exit Form will be available January 12, 2026 – May 29, 2026.
The deadline to submit the form is May 29, 2026, no exceptions.
Late submissions will not be accepted or processed.
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Contact Us
2465 Gillespie Street
Fayetteville, NC 28306
Phone: 910-678-2616
Dr. Melody Chalmers McClain
Associate Superintendent, Student Support Services
Saundra McNeill
Student Assignment Manager