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Board approves nine additional 4K open-enrollment seats after parent testimony
Summary
Following public comment from a parent who had a 4K application denied, the Monona Grove School Board voted unanimously to add nine additional open-enrollment 4K seats for 2026–27; district staff will notify families this week.
After public comment from a parent asking the board to add seats so a sibling could attend school with older children, the Monona Grove School Board voted to add nine additional 4K open-enrollment seats for the 2026–27 school year.
Liz Cavell, who told the board she is the parent of two open-enrolled sons and that a 4-year-old in her family was denied open enrollment, asked the board to support the action so “our son, Tristan, [can] enroll at Winnequah” and siblings could remain together. The board heard that the open-enrollment process gives sibling priority in the lottery and that actual demand can be hard to predict.
The motion to approve the revised open-enrollment recommendation — adding nine 4K seats — passed on a roll-call vote. During discussion staff reported current 4K enrollment snapshots (district projected 48 seats; 40 currently filled at the time of the meeting) and explained sibling priority in the lottery and the difficulty of predicting families’ choices. The board directed the open-enrollment office to notify families this week.
What the vote does: the board authorized staff to offer nine additional 4K open-enrollment seats beyond the slots set in January, enabling the district to take more sibling and non-sibling applicants in the lottery process. Board members said they expect the office to follow established lottery and sibling-priority procedures.
