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Middletown board details 2025–26 redistricting, moves special-permission reviews to enrollment office
Summary
District staff told the Middletown City Board of Education on March 10 that letters with 2025–26 K–5 school assignments will be mailed the week of spring break and that special-permission requests for the transition year will be handled centrally by the enrollment office.
The Middletown City Board of Education received a redistricting and enrollment update at its March 10 work session. District staff said every K–5 family will receive a letter the week of spring break indicating that school assignments for the 2025–26 school year. The presentation also said Miller Ridge will move to the second bell tier and that several elementary and the middle school start times will change by about five minutes; the high school schedule will remain the same.
District staff told the board that, because redistricting will shift students among buildings, the district will handle special-permission requests at the central enrollment office for the 2025–26 transition year rather than at individual schools. Staff described the change as a temporary administrative move to let the district monitor systemwide classroom numbers during the shift: “bringing that special permission…into the district, so into the enrollment office,” staff said, and “we’ll be able to really monitor the numbers in all of the schools.”
Board members asked how the changes affect special permission and open enrollment applications. Staff said open enrollment remains for students who live outside the district and that the district extended the open-enrollment application window this year from January to April. Staff noted the district currently has 23 K–6 open-enrolled students and that 14 of those are children of staff members. Under existing board policy the district has until June to identify available open-enrollment slots; staff said parents will be informed later in the spring as numbers solidify.
Staff also clarified operational points raised by board members: families who request to remain at a prior school after a midyear move submit a special-permission request and, if approved, must provide transportation. Staff confirmed families must apply for special permission and open enrollment each year.
No formal policy or enrollment rule changes were approved at the meeting; staff said the district will evaluate whether special-permission reviews return to school buildings after the transition year.
