Transfers are required for students to attend a school other than their "home school" - the school assigned based on the parent/guardian's legal address of residence.
 Open Enrollment - House Bill 3681 
This process is now closed
 Open enrollment requests must be submitted between March 1-30, 2018
 Students residing in other school districts who wish to attend a school in the Banks School District may submit their application for an HB3681 transfer only for a school/grade with open slots.  If there are more applications than available slots, the District will conduct a lottery to fill the slots.  This type of transfer does not require permission from the resident district.
 Open slots were approved by the School Board at the February 12, 2018 meeting.  Forms will be available March 1, 2018
Open Enrollment Numbers:
Kindergarten - 10     1st - 6    2nd - 1   3rd - 8  4th - 9  5th - 4   6th - 6  7th - 9   8th - 0
9th - 5  10th - 2  11th - 5  12th - 0
Click here for Open Enrollment Form 2018-19

 HB2747 Inter-District Transfers Open May `1-31, 2018
This process is now closed
​This type of transfer requires submission to and approval by BOTH resident and non-resident school district offices. 
May 1-31, 2018 application window
The Banks School District Board of Directors voted on the number of open slots for students applying to attend a different school district and to attend the Banks School District April 9, 2018.  
K-8 - 0
9th - 5
10th - 5
11th - 5
12th 2
The Banks School District Board of Directors voted to not limit the number of students leaving the district underHB2747 during the May 1-31, 2018 application window.

Non-Resident Students
Please check with your home district for their timelines and process.  By May 31, 2018, students who wish to attend a school in the Banks School District may submit their application for a standard inter-district transfer only for a school/grade with open slots. If there are more applications than available slots, the District will conduct a lottery to fill the slots. Please click here for the 2018-19 Transfer In form.
Resident Students
Students residing in Banks School District wishing to attend another district may submit their application for release by May 31, 2018. This type of transfer also requires a separate application and permission from the receiving district.  Please ​click here for the 2018-19 Transfer Out form.

Every year the district reports to the community on the district's complaince or non-compliance to the Division 22 standards.  Banks School District is in compliance of all Division 22 standards.  Click here to review the 2018 Division 22 Standards Compliance Report.  This was reported to the community in the January 8, 2018 board meeting.

The Special Education Department is committed to meeting the needs of students who have educational handicaps by embracing the individual differences of our students and striving  to help each student achieve academic and social success.    
Special education services​ are available at each school within the Banks School District to serve students who have been identified as eligible for special education services.  Students identified as eligible for special education services must meet the following two requirements:

• Federal and state eligibility requirements as having a disability in at least one of 11 handicapping condition categories.
• Need specially designed instruction.

Transition services (ages 18- 21) are available to special education students who graduate with a Modified Diploma, Extended Diploma, or Alternative Certificate. The district begins developing a transition plan and services when a disabled child reaches at least age 16.
The Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) provides educational services for eligible children birth to kindergarten.  For children younger than kindergarten, please call  NWRESD at 503-614-1446.
Contact the Student Services office at 503-324-5151 if you have any questions or input regarding special education services or programs at the Banks School District.
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Identifying Children with Disabilities
The Banks School District seeks assistance in locating children with disabilities (birth through age 21) who have not graduated from high school and currently are not attending nor receiving other special services from public schools.
Oregon and federal law mandate educational services for children with disabilities. Banks School District provides educational programs and services for eligible children from kindergarten through high school.  Services provided are appropriate to each child's disability.  
Parents, guardians, or anyone who knows of a child (ages 5 through 21) with a disability currently not receiving educational services are asked to notify the the District's Special Education Department at 503-324-5151.

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Hello Banks School District Families,

The forecast calls for excessive heat this week, so please have your students dress in light, but appropriate clothing, and send them to school with refillable water bottles, if possible. We will do all we can to ensure students are as cool and comfortable as possible, and that recess and PE activities are modified as needed to keep them safe.
Thank you,

​Banks School District

​OAR 581-021-0559 mandates that school districts report annually on restraint and seclusion use. Here is a link to our report for the 2016-2017 School Year.
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 ​​The Banks Board of Education and School District prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation[1], national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability or perceived disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability or perceived disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates.  For a complaint form please see Board Policy AC-AR.  Please send the form to Jeff Leo, Superintendent.

[1]“Sexual orientation” means an individual’s actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality or gender identity, regardless of whether the individual’s gender identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that traditionally associated with the individual’s sex at birth.

Below are the summer hours for the high school main office.

​​   ​June 19-22                    7:30-4:30 
   June 26-29                   8:00-4:00
   July  11-13                      9:00-3:30
   July 18-19                      9:00-3:30
   August 1- 3                   7:30-5:00
   August 7-10                  7:30-5:00
   August 14-17                 7:30-5:00
   August 21-24                7:30-5:00

Offices open for the 2017-18 school year on August 1st, 2017

​Because of increased enrollment throughout the district, the Banks School District has made the current Banks Middle School Principal, Shelley Mitchell, full-time Special Services Director next year.  That has enabled for a full time principal position at Banks Middle School.  “It’s what’s best for our students.  They are deserving of full time people in both positions.  With our increased enrollment in the district and middle school, it was time to make the positions full time.  It will better serve students at Banks Middle School and students receiving Special Services in our district.  It will also provide more support for our staff” states Superintendent Jeff Leo. 

After a lengthy process, the new Banks Middle School principal next year will be Daniel Van Winkle.  Mr. Van Winkle comes to Banks from Baker School District in eastern Oregon where he has taught at the middle school level in math, social studies, and language arts and has been the director of the Baker Summer Academy which serves over 130 students during the summer months. 

Mr. Van Winkle is a graduate of Century High School in Hillsboro.  After starting at Western Oregon University in 2003, Mr. Van Winkle had to take a year off when he was deployed to Iraq in 2003.  After returning, Mr. Van Winkle studied in Spain for a semester and then returned to Western Oregon University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in history and philosophy.  He went on to earn a Master of Arts degree from New York University in 2008 in interdisciplinary humanities and social thought.  He then worked in New York City Schools as an educational assistant and began his teaching career at the William W. Niles School in Bronx, NY.  In 2010, he earned his Master of Science degree from the City College of New York in Mathematics Education.  Mr. Van Winkle completed his administrative licensure through Concordia University in 2016.  He also continues to serve in the Army Reserves as a First Sergeant of the 455 Combat Engineer Company based in Hayden, Idaho.

Mr. Van Winkle is happily married to Ashley and they have two children together, son James (4) and daughter Eleanor (1).

Superintendent Jeff Leo states, “We are very excited with our selection for the next middle school principal at Banks School District.  Mr. Van Winkle is an excellent addition to our administrative staff and the Banks School District.  Mr. Van Winkle has the middle school experience we were looking for and also has shown in his past experiences to be a great leader in many different capacities.  We look forward to the transition for the upcoming school year and what educational knowledge he will bring to our students.”