Open Enrollment Information

Open Enrollment allows parents to apply for their children to attend public school in a school district other than the one in which they reside.

Information about Open Enrollment is available at the WI Department of Public Instruction website.

2025-26 Alternative Open Enrollment

The Alternative Open Enrollment period for 2025-26 is now open.
 - The Alternative Open Enrollment application is a paper application only.
 - Click Here to access the Alternative Open Enrollment application. Complete and return to the nonresident district (the district you want your child to attend). 
 - In January 2025, the school board voted to approve zero seats for special education open enrollment students. If your child has services required by an IEP, the open enrollment application will most likely be denied or revoked.  

2026-27 Open Enrollment

The Open Enrollment period for 2026-27 is now open. 
 - The Open Enrollment Application is online only. Click here to open the open enrollment webpage.
 - Open Enrollment Application period will be open from February 2 - April 30, 2026 at 4:00PM.
 - Late applications will NOT be accepted for any reason.
- In January 2026, the school board voted to approve zero seats for special education open enrollment students for 2026-27. If your child has services required by an IEP, the open enrollment application will most likely be denied or revoked.  

Act 114 created the alternative application procedure, by which parents can apply for open enrollment outside of the regular application period for specific criteria/reasons.  A parent will need to select from the seven available criteria under which they are submitting the alternative application and must give an explanation as to why they are applying. The seven criteria that the parent can choose from include:

• The pupil’s resident school district determines that the pupil is a victim of a violent crime.
• The pupil is or has been homeless in the current or preceding school year.
• The pupil has been the victim of repeated bullying or harassment that has been reported to the resident school district and continues in spite of action taken.
• The pupil’s place of residence has changed due to the parent’s military orders.
• The pupil moved into this state within the last 30 days.
• The pupil’s place of residence has changed as a result of a court order or custody agreement, or the pupil was placed in a foster home or with a person other than the pupil’s parent, or removed from a foster home or the home of a person other than the pupil’s parent.
• The pupil’s parent and the nonresident and resident school districts agree that attending the nonresident school district is in the best interests of the pupil.

For more information on Open Enrollment, please contact: