Student Services

Student Services is fully operational and open for walk-in business.

Please review the process below for Work Permits and if you need a transcript or school records please scroll down the page to "Student Services Resources."

• For questions about enrollment, schools of choice, the academic calendar and more, please email us: studentservices@battlecreekpublicschools.org
• You may also reach out to us by phone and leave a message. Please allow up to 48 weekday hours for a response to telephone messages. Our number is (269) 965-9481 or (269) 965-9482.
• Forms or documents may be faxed to (269) 660-5830. If you do fax a document, please follow up with either a call or email to alert us for urgent matters.
• Forms may be scanned and emailed to the Student Services email address above. If this is your choice to present documents, please ensure the scan or photo of the documents are good quality and photograph in high resolution with the documents filling the frame of the picture without cutting off any of the important information

Students under the age of 18 years old are required by the State of Michigan to apply for a Work Permit to be employed.

Work Permit applications for Battle Creek Public School students are available in the Student Services Office located on the 2nd floor in the Battle Creek Public Schools Administration Building (Willard Library location) after school until 4:30 PM.

Work Permit applications are specific to a job so it is important that the student search for, apply for a job, and be selected for employment prior to coming to Student Services to get the Work Permit application.

The Work Permit application process has three distinct steps:

1. Student information - completed by the student
2. Employer information - completed by the employer
3. School District endorsement - to complete this step, student needs to bring the completed work permit and an official document that states the name and birth date of the student applying for the work permit this may be a Birth Certificate, or a State issued identification card, or driver's license, or learners permit