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Parents urge Shorewood board for clearer rules after delayed-enrollment denials
Summary
Several parents told the Shorewood School District board they were blindsided when administrators denied delayed-enrollment requests under entrance-age policy 5.112 without stated criteria or teacher consultation, urging the board to adopt transparent standards and an appeals process.
Several Shorewood parents used the board's public comment period on April 14 to urge clearer, consistent standards after recent denials of delayed enrollment under the district's entrance-age practice (policy 5.112).
Charles McKenna (2100 Kensington Boulevard) said his daughter Louisa was denied a delayed-enrollment request after attending the district's 3K program two years and despite a supporting letter from her teacher, Molly Handelsman. "The practice had changed with no communication, context, transition, or objective criteria," McKenna said, adding that the family was "blindsided" by a final denial from the superintendent's office. He asked the board: "What are the criteria for this decision? Would any educator who offered supplemental material be consulted?" McKenna requested board…
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