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Board approves annual parochial attendance areas; adds Highlands Latin Cottage School
Summary
Pulaski's board approved the district's annual parochial and private-school attendance-area designations for transportation purposes, added Highlands Latin Cottage School as a new private school with districtwide attendance boundaries, and discussed parent-contract transportation payments.
The Pulaski Community School District Board approved its annual parochial and private-school attendance-area designations Tuesday, a procedural action that the district said clarifies transportation responsibilities to private and parochial schools.
A district staff member explained that a Wisconsin court case and state statutes require the district to establish transportation boundaries for private schools; the designations do not change who may attend a private school but set where the district is responsible to transport resident students. The board approved the attendance areas after staff highlighted two changes: the addition of Highlands Latin Cottage School (a very small non-daily private school the presenter said has three students and will have districtwide boundaries) and an update clarifying which portions of Hobart map to specific parochial schools.
Staff told the board that, because daily transportation to some private schools can be costly, the district sometimes meets its obligation through parent contracts that pay families an amount equal to the district's per-student transport cost. The presenter said the per-student parent payment this year is about $720 and that Providence currently has about 46 parent contracts; on some days the district transports as few as seven or 11 students to specific private schools.
The board approved the attendance-area designations; the motion carried with one abstention.
