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Board keeps open‑enrollment caps after lengthy debate, asks administration for schedule review
Summary
The Urbandale board approved open‑enrollment capacity levels for 2025–26 after a multi‑hour discussion about middle‑school class sizes and scheduling; several trustees asked administration to revisit the middle‑school schedule and report back this fall.
The Urbandale Community School District board voted 6–1 to approve open‑enrollment capacity levels for the 2025–26 school year after a detailed discussion focused on the middle school.
What the board approved: Administration proposed continuing existing capacities at the elementary and high‑school levels and increasing the middle‑school per‑grade capacity from 280 to 315 (the district framed that as allowing 11 places per period in a reorganized schedule). The board approved the proposal after members asked administrators to continue work on…
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