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Parkview board sets open-enrollment limits; incoming 3rd grade closed
Summary
The Parkview School District board approved 2026–27 open-enrollment seat limits and closed enrollment for incoming 3rd-grade students, citing class-size thresholds and exceeded special-education caseloads.
The Parkview Board of Education voted Jan. 19 to set open-enrollment seat limits for the 2026–27 school year and to offer zero open-enrollment seats for next year's incoming third-grade class. The board approved the limits after administration presented a grade-by-grade table showing current enrollment, average class sizes and available seats.
According to the materials presented, third grade showed 70 students with an average class size of 23 and "0" available open-enrollment seats. Board members noted PES would require a fourth teacher if class sizes surpass 25 students. In discussion the board also recorded that special-education caseloads have "surpassed space limit numbers" and that there are no available special-education seats. "Proposed a limit on 2026-2027 3rd grade (0 seats available for 2026-27 3rd grade students)." (District materials)
Michelle Schwarz moved to approve the seat limits as presented; Fredd Carr seconded and the motion passed, recorded as Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 2. The board left open the option to revisit staffing if enrollment patterns change and identified the 25-student threshold as the point at which an additional teacher would be required.
