Cyclone Connection 2024-2025 SY
Cyclone Connection is the registration portal used for new out of zone and tuition applicants only. As a result of recent legislative action, our open enrollment process will be delayed this year. Beginning on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 at 8:00 am, Cyclone Connection will be available on the school system website ( www.ecschools.net) for parents to make their requests. Please continue to check the website and our social media outlets for additional information.
Elizabethton City Schools 2024-2025 School Year Registration
New Tuition Applicants and New Out-of-Zone Requests (K-8)
Cyclone Connection Opens May 3, 2024 , for New Tuition Applicants and New Out-of Zone Requests
Tuition students are those whose parents or guardians do not live within Elizabethton city limits, but who wish to attend Elizabethton City Schools as tuition-paying students. Reference Board Policy 6.204.
Out-of-Zone placement requests may be made by parents for students who are zoned for an Elizabethton elementary school but wish to attend a different Elizabethton elementary school.Click here to view the number if seats available for Elizabethton City Resident transfers. updates April 2024
Cyclone Connection
Parents interested in their children attending Elizabethton City Schools as new tuition students should apply online in the Cyclone Connection for grades K-8 or in-person for grades 9-12. The Cyclone Connection will open May 3, 2024 at 8 am, and applications are sorted on a first-come, first-served basis with regard to the priority order. The Cyclone Connection doubles as the out-of-zone request form for Elizabethton elementary students applying to enroll at a different Elizabethton elementary school than the one for which they’re zoned. A link to the Cyclone Connection will be available on this web page as well as on ECS Facebook and Twitter. All applications should be completed by June 7, 2024. However, online applications will be accepted until the day before the first half-day of school.
Elementary students’ acceptance will not be confirmed until the first half day of school when schools can verify enrollment of Elizabethton residents. In recent years, all tuition applicants have been accepted, though ECS cannot guarantee students will be placed in their first-choice school.
Tuition Fees
Tuition may be paid either in one lump sum, at the beginning of each semester, or monthly online. The annual tuition fee schedule is below. The family cap is $2,200 annually. Tuition status may be revoked based on failure to submit tuition payment or failure to meet the requirements of Board Policy 6.204.
|
Home Address |
(Grades K-5) |
(Grades 6-8) |
(Grades 9-12) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Carter County |
$800 |
$400 |
$300 |
|
Outside Carter County |
$1,600 |
$1,600 |
$1,600 |
Admission of Suspended or Expelled Students
The Board may deny admission of any student who has been expelled or suspended from another school system in Tennessee or another state even though the student has established residency in the system in which he/she seeks enrollment.
Pre-K Registration & Kindergarten Pre- Registration
Pre- Registration was held April 4/9/2024
Packets for Pre- K can be picked up at ECS Central Office and East Side Elementary
Elementary (Grades K-5)
New Students (K-5)
Parents of new in-zone students complete registration information at their earliest convenience. Parents of new students shall provide the school with the required documentation below. All new students (kindergarten, tuition, and city residents) will complete student data forms online following the link above.
Kindergarten Registration
Pre-registration is for city residents only and takes place on April 9, 2024 at Elizabethton Park & Rec. from 9am - 2pm. Kindergarten students must be 5 years of age on or before August 15. To pre-register your child for the coming school year. Please bring the required documentation when you pre-register. The child must be present when you pre-register!
Packets for Kindergarten can be picked up for the elementary school your child is zoned for.
Parents who wish to enroll their kindergarten students in a different Elizabethton school than the one for which they are zoned should complete an out-of-zone application online in the Cyclone Connection (more info below). Out-of-zone requests will not be confirmed until the first half day of school, so these children should pre-register at the school for which they are currently zoned.
Required Documentation for Registration
- PARENTAL PHOTO IDENTIFICATION - parent/guardian information must match birth certificate/legal documentation. State law requires the registration process to be completed by the parent/legal guardian
- BIRTH CERTIFICATE - the mother’s copy is not acceptable.
- LEGAL DOCUMENTATION - If divorced (or legally separated) legal documentation must be provided to the school for custody requirements.
- IMMUNIZATION RECORD – Official TN Dept. of Heath Certificate of Immunization Record Form
- CURRENT PHYSICAL (Physical must be current within one year to the start date of school. Physicals are only necessary for new Kindergarten, Pre-K, or transfers from out-of-state or other TN school districts, or new tuition students.)
- MEDICAL ALERTS – Any information you wish to share that will help us serve your child better.
- PERMANENT PHYSICAL ADDRESS WITH (2) PROOFS OF RESIDENCE (Acceptable: Property tax records, mortgage document or property deed, apartment or home lease, electric, water or gas bill. NOT acceptable: Cable or phone bill
Returning Students (K-5)
Please log in to Skyward Family Access to update your child’s enrollment information. Please reference the Skyward Family Access web page for instructions on registering for Skyward if you have not already done so. Your child's school must have a current email address on file for you to access Skyward. New students (in-zone, new tuition, and kindergarten) will complete paper forms. Please contact your child's school with questions or concerns.
Returning Tuition and Out-of-Zone Students
Returning tuition and returning out-of-zone students do not need to use the Cyclone Connection to apply online for tuition or out-of-zone status. Parents of returning tuition and out-of-zone students will still update their student data forms in Skyward as described above, just like returning city students. With questions about this process, please call Central Office (547-8000). Parents of returning tuition and out-of-zone students in elementary school ONLY will need to complete the Returning K-5 Out-of-Zone Application or Returning K-5 Tuition Application.
The Returning Tuition and Out-Of-Zone Parents: Please note that paper forms will be distributed to each student from the Bookkeeper at your school.
This information lets school staff know how many students to expect in the coming school year.
Junior High (Grades 6-8)
New Students (6-8)
Parents of students, who reside within the city, should complete registration information at their earliest convenience.
Parents of new students shall provide the school with the required documentation below.
Returning Students (6-8)
Please log in to Skyward Family Access to update your child’s enrollment information. Please reference the Skyward Family Access web page for instructions on registering for Skyward if you have not already done so. Your child's school must have a current email address on file for you to access Skyward. Please contact your child's school with questions or concerns.
Returning Tuition Students
Parents of returning tuition students will update forms in Skyward as described above. They do not need to complete any paperwork for grades 6-12 to confirm their intentions to return as a tuition student and do not need to apply online again. Continued enrollment is assumed unless the school is notified otherwise.
New Tuition Applicants (6-8)
Tuition students are those whose parents or guardians do not live within Elizabethton city limits, but who wish to attend Elizabethton City Schools as tuition-paying students. Reference Board Policy 6.204.
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Parents interested in their children attending Elizabethton City Schools as new tuition students should apply online in the Cyclone Connection for grades K-8. The Cyclone Connection will open May 1, 2023 at 8 am , and applications are sorted on a first-come, first-served basis with regard to the priority order. A link to the Cyclone Connection will be available on this web page as well as on ECS Facebook and Twitter. All applications should be completed by May . However, online applications will be accepted until the day before the first half-day of school. Junior high applicants will be contacted by the school registrar to pick up a registration packet and submit the required documentation.
Tuition Fees
Tuition may be paid either in one lump sum, at the beginning of each semester, or monthly online. The annual tuition fee schedule is below. The family cap is $2,200 annually. Tuition status may be revoked based on failure to submit tuition payment or failure to meet the requirements of Board Policy 6.204.
|
Home Address |
(Grades K-5) |
(Grades 6-8) |
(Grades 9-12) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Carter County |
$800 |
$400 |
$300 |
|
Outside Carter County |
$1,600 |
$1,600 |
$1,600 |
Admission of Suspended or Expelled Students
The Board may deny admission of any student who has been expelled or suspended from another school system in Tennessee or another state even though the student has established residency in the system in which he/she seeks enrollment.
High School (Grades 9-12)
For information regarding class registration for freshmen and upperclassmen as well as the tuition/county student application process, please call EHS at 423-547-8015.