FAQ
Opening new schools and coping with overcrowding necessitates changing school boundaries. The most reliable source for information on Kern High School District attendance boundaries and the school assigned to a specific address is the Kern High School District, Research & Planning Office, 661.827.3256.
Questions may also be directed to [email protected] An overall boundary map and several detail maps are available at Kern High School District Boundary Maps. These maps may provide the information you are looking for or may help you to refine any questions you may have.
Who decides which high school my child will attend?
What grades do the new 2022-23 boundaries affect?
What are the criteria used to develop the new 2022-23 school attendance boundaries?
Why can’t I just send my child to the nearest high school?
Does the Kern High School District try to racially balance its high schools in Bakersfield?
Has the KHSD made any guarantees or promises that certain neighborhoods will always attend specific high schools?
We currently live within an area potentially affected by a new boundary. One of our children is a tenth grader, can our younger child attend the same high school with the older child?
Is it fair for such an important decision to be made by a boundary committee without a representative from my neighborhood?
Why can’t I send my child to the new school? Didn’t my taxes pay for that school?
My seventh-grade child is in the gifted program and plans to attend an elite university. Will the high school that serves this area give him/her the academic background he /she needs?
What is the best high school in town?
I’ve heard both good and bad things about the high school that serves my residential area. How can I find out what the school is really like?