Friday, February 1, 2013
Find information on open enrolling your child in the following districts: Greenfield, Oak Creek, Whitnall, Franklin and Greendale.
Looking to open enroll your child in a school district other than the one in which you live for the 2013-14 school year? Area school districts have openings in a number of grade levels from the elementary level to the high school level. Some districts have more available seats than others. Whitnall School Board approved 80 new Open Enrollment seats for the 2013-14 school year Monday. A bulk of those seats will be available for incoming ninth-graders (20 new seats) and incoming sixth-graders (30). Neighboring district, Greenfield, approved 51 seats. There will be 10 available seats for both junior kindergarten and ninth grade, no more than five at any other grade level and none in neither the eighth or 12th grades. The Greendale School …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Many of the new seats will be used to level off enrollment dips for next year's sixth- and ninth-grade classes, Superintendent Dr. Lowell Holtz said.
With an eye on academic stability and evening out class sizes at the high and middle schools, the Whitnall School Board approved 80 new Open Enrollment seats for the 2013-14 school year Monday. A bulk of those seats will be available for incoming ninth-graders (20 new seats) and incoming sixth-graders (30). The district wants to average approximately 210 students per class at the high school, 168 at the middle school and 160 at the elementary schools, Superintendent Dr. Lowell Holtz said. High school enrollment projects have next school year’s 10th, 11th and 12th grades at 196 students or more, but only 165 projected ninth-graders, not including incoming parochial school students. At the middle school, there are 167 projected eighth-…
Friday, January 25, 2013
The Greenfield School Board approved 51 new seats for the 2013-14 school year, after approving just 14 a year ago.
As many as 51 new students from outside the district could be in Greenfield classrooms during the 2013-14 school year after the Greenfield School Board approved that number of Open Enrollment seats Monday. The number figures to help maintain the district’s current staffing and program offerings, according to administration. School Board member Russ Spahn voted against allowing that many seats, citing concerns about class sizes becoming too large. Len Cich cast the board’s other dissenting vote. A year ago, the School Board approved 14 new Open Enrollment seats, one at each grade level. The Open Enrollment state program allows students to attend school in a district other than the district of residence. Districts use class size limits based…
New seats will be added in sixth and seventh grades, and possibly ninth grade. The total number of students enrolling through the state program, however, is projected to decrease.
The Greendale School Board has approved adding students through the state's Open Enrollment program for the 2013-14 school year. The board approved 13 new seats at the sixth-grade level, three new seats at seventh grade and left open the possibility of additional seats at ninth grade. Administrators recommended 14 new seats at ninth grade, but the board opted to wait for a more clear picture of enrollment to ensure the high school isn't overcrowded. Open Enrollment discussions have typically centered on class sizes at the elementary and middle schools, but it's also important to watch the high school, board member Anne Szcygiel said. "With all the changing demographics we have in the district, we should also be concerned about the numbers …
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Districts throughout the area use choice program as funding mechanism.
The Greenfield School District is in the midst of an annual attempt to strike an enrollment balance through Wisconsin's inter-district open enrollment, a popular state-wide school choice program. Through an application process, open enrollment allows parents to choose the district they want their child to attend. Districts determination the number of open seats it has and selects students through a random process. Those incoming students bring with them a set state funding amount. "The main reason parents do this is because they feel that another school district can provide their child with a better education than the one that they reside in," said Cindy Winard, the district's open enrollment coordinator. Like many school districts …
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Leah Fleischman
11:01 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Crazy to think how much my school (whitnall) has expanded through open enrollment. I remember my 1st grade class only having 15 students. more ›