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Olathe sees open-enrollment applications double to 147; district schedules July help events
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District staff told the Board of Education that out-of-district open-enrollment applications rose from 72 in the program's first year to 147 this year; district posted roughly 3,000 openings and will hold in-person registration support July 22 at Olathe Northwest High School.
Dr. Waters, a district staff presenter, told the Olathe Public Schools Board of Education on July 10 that the district received 147 out-of-district open-enrollment applications for the 2025-26 school year, up from 72 in the program's first year. "You will see that we had 72 applications come in our first year with open enrollment. And this year, we have 147," she said.
The increase came across grade levels: Dr. Waters told the board elementary applications included 55 this year at the elementary level (21 of those were kindergarten applicants), middle-school applications rose to 32 from 20 last year, and high-school applications increased to 60 from 29. She said about 20 of the elementary applicants were…
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