Eligibility and Participation of Students for Public School Choice, by year Year Eligible Students 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 *See Below No Data No Data 2025 2046 2001 1978 No Data Number of Students who Participated *See Below No Data No Data 45 37 26 7 No Data *All parents/guardians of students attending a school that has been identified in a step of improvement have the right to request a transfer for their child(ren) to another school within the district (referred to as a “choice school”) that has not been identified as a school in a step of improvement. However, since all the schools in the Kennewick School District are deemed “in need of improvement,” the Public School Choice option is not available. The surrounding districts also do not have room to take our students. Their schools are also “in improvement.”