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Ashland City School Board approves one-year cap on new open enrollments to trim projected shortfall

Ashland City School Board · March 23, 2026
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Summary

The board voted unanimously to limit new open-enrollment applications for one year while grandfathering current open-enrolled students, siblings and staff children, citing an estimated budget shortfall the district says could be about $1.005 million.

The Ashland City School Board voted unanimously March 23 to temporarily curb most new open-enrollment applications for the coming school year while preserving enrollment for currently open-enrolled students, their siblings and children of district staff.

Board President (reading the superintendent's report) said the board's one-year policy change is intended to give the district breathing room amid funding uncertainty. "We are clearly understand that maybe this is an unintended consequence of the funding model," the president said during discussion. The board…

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