WRIGHTSTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Wrightstown School District offers students a variety of educational options to children who reside in the District.
The District’s primary educational pathway and instructional program for students involves a progression from 4-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade, leading to a high school diploma.
The District's schools are listed below:
Wrightstown Elementary School (grades 4K - 4)
Wrightstown Middle School (grades 5 - 8)
Wrightstown High School (grades 9 - 12)
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 at least 3 years old but not yet school age)
● Special education for students with disabilities
● English language learner/bilingual-bicultural education programming
● Title I reading programs
● Gifted and talented education
● Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
● 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)
● Summer school programming
● Online learning programs
The full version of the District’s most recent school and school district accountability report, as issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction under section 115.385 of the state statutes, can be accessed via the following page on the District’s website (if the report has been issued by DPI):
https://www.wrightstown.k12.wi.us/district/district-and-school-report-cards.cfm
or https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/reportcards/
As part of the state accountability system, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) produces report cards or every publicly funded school and district in Wisconsin. These Accountability Report Cards include data on multiple indicators for multiple years across four Priority Areas (Student Achievement, Growth, Closing Gaps, and On-track and Post-secondary Success). In addition, given the impact on student success, the Accountability Report Cards also measure chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. A school or district's Overall Accountability Score places the school/district into one of five Overall Accountability Ratings: Significantly Exceeds Expectations, Exceeds Expectations, Meets Expectations, Meets Few Expectations, or Fails to Meet Expectations. For the 2023-24 School Year, the District Schools scored as follows:
- Wrightstown Elementary School - Significantly Exceeds Expectations
- Wrightstown Middle School - Exceeds Expectations
- Wrightstown High School - Meets Expectations
Educational options for students who are enrolled in the Wrightstown School District that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the Wrightstown School District include the following:
● The Part-time Open Enrollment Program, which provides opportunities for public high school students to apply for approval to take up to 2 courses at a time in nonresident school districts.
● The Technical College Course Program, which provides opportunities to apply for approval to take courses at technical colleges; and is available only to students who are enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade.
● The Early College Credit Program, which provides opportunities to apply for approval to take nonsectarian courses at institutions of higher education; and is available to eligible high school students.
● The Youth Apprenticeship Program, which provides a unique opportunity for students to start preparing for a career while still in high school.
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 Wrightstown School District 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 school district or attendance through a virtual charter school that is associated with a nonresident school district.
● Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, 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).
- St. Clare Catholic School
- St. John Lutheran School
● Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law.
Educational options for children who reside in the Wrightstown School District 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 in the District.
● 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 and other District extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133.
For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact the District’s main administrative office at 920-532-5551 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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