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Board denies several open-enrollment requests for habitual truancy and authorizes administrator to reverse decisions with updated data
Summary
The board denied open-enrollment status for three students for the first semester of 2026–27 due to habitual truancy and approved multiple attendance requests; it also authorized the District Administrator or designee to reverse open-enrollment decisions based on updated expulsions, wait-list, or special education status.
The McFarland School Board voted to deny open-enrollment status for three students for the first semester of the 2026–27 school year, citing habitual truancy; the students will be transferred back to their resident districts. The motion to deny was moved by Megan Chatman, seconded by Bruce Fischer, and recorded as carried 4-0.
Separately, the board approved and denied a series of student-attendance requests summarized in attached exhibits: approvals for students requesting attendance at the McFarland School District and approvals/denials for requests to attend outside the district and at WIVA (4K–8 and HS), WIDCA, and ISWI as listed in the minutes. The board also approved a motion (moved by McRae, seconded by Chatman) authorizing the District Administrator or a designee to reverse prior open-enrollment approval or denial decisions when updated data related to expulsions, wait lists, or special education status warrant a change; that motion carried 4-0.
