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Board debates curbing K–8 open enrollment but votes to preserve access for rising 10th–12th graders and staff children
Summary
After an in-depth presentation on funding, program costs and enrollment patterns, the board directed administrators to consult legal counsel and draft a policy that would preserve open enrollment for rising 10th–12th graders and children of contracted staff while potential broader changes are developed.
The Stow-Munroe Falls City School District Board of Education on Monday heard a detailed presentation on open enrollment and then voted to instruct district leaders to work with legal counsel to draft policy language that would preserve open enrollment for rising 10th–12th graders and children of staff while the board continues studying broader changes.
Assistant Superintendent Christy Pro told the board the district currently has 335 open-enrolled students and walked members through the fiscal mechanics behind those students, saying "we have 335 students that are open enrolled in the district" and that state base funding fell by roughly $4,000 between 2021 and 2025. Pro also highlighted compact-program costs, saying the district pays an $8,766 compact service charge per student and that estimated compact service-charge payments for Stow this year total about $227,916, producing a net cost to the district of "a little over" $254,000 for those compact…
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