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District reports early enrollment trends; four families rescinded open‑enroll plans after online option offered
Summary
District staff reported four families (with a fifth likely) have rescinded open-enrollment applications after the district created an online program; administrators also described current class-size caps and said a fuller enrollment report — including ESA/private-school transfer details — will be provided in October.
Ames — District administrators gave the board an enrollment update and an initial report on families who reversed open‑enrollment plans after the district began offering an internal online program.
Superintendent Grimes and enrollment staff told the board they have identified families who had already submitted open‑enrollment applications elsewhere and are now choosing to remain in the Ames system because of the new online option. At the time of the meeting staff reported contact with four families and were still in…
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