Students should enroll at least two weeks before the first day of the school year.
If a student withdraws from another school, it is important to enroll in the new school facility immediately.
New Families or Families who left CIPS and are Returning
Covington Independent Public Schools' District Enrollment Center was designed to ease the enrollment process for legal parents/guardians.
How to Register/Enroll:
- Parents/Guardians can visit our District Enrollment Center or complete the Online Registration (OLR) process by clicking here.
- Write down your application number.
- After your OLR application is completed, you will be contacted by one of our Enrollment Clerks to complete the registration process. They will set an appointment for you to come by the center, discuss what else is needed to complete the enrollment and answer any questions you may have.
If the needed items below were not attached to the OLR application, you will need to provide hard copies.
- Birth certificate or proof of guardianship
- Custody agreement (if applicable)
- Copy of the child's social security card
- Two forms of proof of residency (utility bill to the legal guardian, rental/lease/purchase contracts, etc.)
- Kentucky Immunization Certificate (all grade levels)
- All students must have a valid, non-expired Kentucky immunization certificate on file to show proof of having received all state-required immunizations.
- Beginning July 1, 2018, all students in kindergarten through twelfth grade must show proof of having received two doses of the Hepatitis A vaccine to attend school.
- Beginning July 1, 2018, all students aged 16 years or older must show proof of having received two doses of the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine to attend school.
- Failure to comply with immunization requirements may result in exclusion per KRS 214.034.
- Physical Exam (all grade levels) Preventative healthcare examination form
- All students are required to have a physical examination upon enrollment.
- All students entering the sixth grade are required to have an additional physical examination completed, no more than one year before entering the sixth grade.
- All students under the age of 7 are required to have a vision examination upon enrollment.
- All 5 or 6-year-old students are required to have a dental screening or exam by December 31 of the first year of enrollment.
CIPS Schools
Holmes High School
Holmes Middle School
James E. Biggs Early Childhood Education Center
Sixth District Elementary
Glenn O Swing Elementary
John G. Carlisle Elementary
Ninth District Elementary
Latonia Elementary
Not sure which elementary school your child will attend, click here for our street guide.
