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Annual Notice - Educational Options

NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FORT ATKINSON

 

The School District of Fort Atkinson (SDFA) offers students a variety of educational options to children who reside in the District and is committed to delivering the quality opportunities and services each student needs to achieve his or her academic and personal potential.  

 

The District overall, Meets Expectations. The full version of the District’s school and school district accountability report, as issued by the WI Department of Public Instruction under section 115.385 of the state statutes, can be accessed at: https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/reportcards/ as well as on the fortschools.org website.

 

Some of the specific education programs offered to eligible students who are enrolled in and attending the District’s schools include the following:  Early childhood special education (for students who are 3 years old but not yet school-age); special education for students with disabilities; English language learner education; gifted and talented education; Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs; Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Program; individualized program and curriculum modifications; Alternative education program(s); at-risk education (e.g., for students identified as being at-risk of not graduating from high school); and summer school programming.  

  • Educational options for students who are enrolled in SDFA that involve part-time enrollment /attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the SDFA or include the following: 

  • Students in grades 11 and 12 are eligible to apply for coursework at Wisconsin Technical College institutions through the Start College Now Program.  Interested students can obtain application and further procedural information through their school counselor in the high school pupil services office.

  • Students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 are eligible to apply for coursework at private and public Wisconsin high schools and universities through the Early College Credit Program.  Interested students can obtain application and further procedural information through their school counselor in the high school pupil services office. 

  • Additional educational options for children who reside in the District that involve full-time enrollment/attendance at a school, program, or other educational institution that is not a school or instrumentality of the SDFA include the following: 

  • High school students meeting certain age and other eligibility requirements may be permitted to attend a technical college or certain other programs for the purpose of completing a program leading to the student’s high school graduation or to a high school equivalency diploma. 

  • Full-time Open Enrollment involving physical attendance in a public school of a nonresident district or attendance through a virtual charter school that is associated with a nonresident school district. 

  • A child with a disability who meets the program’s specific eligibility requirements may apply to attend an eligible, participating private school under a scholarship awarded through the state’s “Special Needs Scholarship Program,” as established under section 115.7915 of the state statutes. 

  • Enrollment in a private school of the family’s choosing (at the family’s own cost, as applicable). 

  • Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law. 

  • Educational options for children who reside in the SDFA but who are enrolled in and attending a private school or home-based private educational program include the following: 

    • Such students have the opportunity to attend summer school classes/programs offered. 

    • Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to section 118.145(4) of the state statutes.

    • Students who are enrolled in a home-based private educational program have the opportunity to: 

      • Apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in public schools as provided under section 118.53. 

      • Participate in District interscholastic athletics as provided under section 118.133. 

 

For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact the District Office at 920-563-7802 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.