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OASIS charter schools: council weighs giving staff children higher enrollment priority to aid teacher recruitment
Summary
Attorney proposed clarifying the priority order used to allocate seats at the Cape Coral OASIS charter schools. Superintendent Jackie Collins asked council to include children of authority employees/board members high in the priority list as a teacher‑recruitment incentive; council debated sibling vs. employee priority and asked staff to redraft.
The city attorney presented draft amendments clarifying enrollment priority and tie‑breaking for the Cape Coral OASIS charter schools. The proposed order gives preference first to students who matriculate through the authority’s schools (elementary→middle→high), then to siblings of currently enrolled students, then to children of active military, children of board members or authority employees, applicants to the Cambridge/IB program and children of veterans, with additional tie‑breaking procedures spelled out in the draft.
Superintendent Jackie Collins asked the council to keep children of employees and board members high in the priority list because that preference is an effective recruiting tool for teachers and school staff; she said a large share of staff already place children in the district and that granting this priority helps recruit new hires. Several council members said keeping siblings and families together is important for parents and favors placing siblings early in priority but were split on how high employee children should be. The meeting concluded with staff asked to refine the draft language and to return with an updated ordinance.
