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Board closes transition program to open enrollment after it reaches capacity
Summary
The board approved closing open enrollment into the district’s transition program (a program for students with IEPs, ages 18–22) for the 2026–27 year because the program is at capacity; resident students remain eligible.
Superintendent presented a recommendation to close open enrollment into the district’s transition program — a separate program housed at Columbia Heights High School that serves qualifying students with IEPs aged 18–22 — because enrollment has reached capacity. The closure applies to non-resident open enrollment; resident students within district boundaries will continue to be eligible.
Board members asked how enrollment is monitored and whether the program could reopen; administrators said the district regularly reviews enrollment and has reopened and closed space in prior years as needed. The board moved and approved the closure for the 2026–27 school year and asked administration to continue weekly enrollment monitoring once school resumes in August.
