A large boost in inter-district transfer students to Shoreline Unified School District is projected to bring more kids into the district at a time when enrollment has been steadily declining as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in state money that was instrumental in righting the district’s budget for the upcoming school year. District secretary Jeannie Moody has received close to 100 transfer applications so far this year, mostly for Tomales High  School and Tomales Elementary School, a number higher than any Ms. Moody has seen during her eight-year tenure. She noted that 27 students had transferred out of Two Rock Union School District—a school near the Coast Guard Base around Tomales, which runs from kindergarten to sixth grade and has 158 students—to Tomales Elementary. Two Rock’s new superintendent, Toni Beal, could not pinpoint exactly why students were leaving her district, but suspected that families were enticed by Shoreline’s Spanish-language programs and the ability to keep children of varying ages in the same school district. Ms. Beal also noted that Shoreline’s district-of-choice status might have made it a more viable option for families interested in transferring. In April, trustees voted to designate Shoreline as a district-of-choice, which ties state funds to inter-district transfers in a move to boost enrollment and finances for low-income school districts, such as Shoreline. The district’s business manager, Bruce Abbott, figured into his most recent budget estimate an additional $400,000 in state money tied to the transfers—a huge number that, without it, would have left the district’s budget hundreds of thousands of dollars in the red for this year. But this money can’t be counted on for future years: lawmakers in Sacramento have until January to decide whether to give a one-year extension to the program, or it will expire.