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Board considers adding specialty‑pathway priority and clarifying controlled open enrollment rules
Summary
Trustees debated policy language to preserve employee preference, create an intermediate bucket for specialty pathways, and retain seats outside fully open controlled enrollment.
Board members discussed multiple proposed edits to the district's school choice and controlled open enrollment policies during the Jan. 7 workshop, including a recommendation to add an intermediate priority “bucket” for specialty‑pathway applicants.
Chief DeChaseau explained the revisions are intended to resolve language that previously contradicted across school choice policies and to align procedures for district‑wide controlled open enrollment. Under the controlled‑open model described to the board, March is the application window; applicants who apply in March are…
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