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Brown Deer board adds 55 open-enrollment seats for 2026–27, approves two resignations
Summary
The board approved 55 additional regular open-enrollment seats (K–3 breakdown: 15 K, 15 1st, 20 2nd, 5 3rd) for 2026–27, adopted a districtwide open-enrollment waiting list for grades K–12, approved 0 special-education open-enrollment seats, and accepted two staff resignations; votes were unanimous on the motions recorded.
The Brown Deer School District board approved expanding regular open-enrollment capacity by 55 seats for the 2026–27 school year and adopted a districtwide open-enrollment waiting list policy for K–12.
Staff (speaker S9) told trustees the district currently has 151 open-enrolled students and 96 grandfathered open-enrolled students who do not need to reapply. The board approved the breakdown of the 55 seats as follows: 15 kindergarten seats, 15 first-grade seats, 20 second-grade seats and 5 third-grade seats. The motion to approve the 55 regular education open-enrollment seats passed 5–0.
Separately the board approved setting 0 special-education open-enrollment seats for 2026–27 and approved using an open-enrollment waiting list for grades K–12 for the 2026–27 school year; both motions carried 5–0.
On personnel matters the board accepted two resignations: Zachary (last name transcribed in the packet as Netgen/Nanchers), high-school physical education teacher (resignation submitted 01/20/2026, last day 01/20/2026), and Lindsey Hudson Jr., high-school special education teacher (resignation submitted 01/26/2026, last day 06/11/2026). A motion to approve the resignations passed 5–0.
What happens next: District staff will implement the approved open-enrollment seat additions and the waiting-list procedure for open enrollment; human resources will process the accepted resignations and begin any necessary recruitment.
