General Information - All Open Enrollment Students
Applications will be approved based on criteria given in this document and on a first-come, first serve basis. Other factors that will be considered:
- Building capacity
- Current program or campus enrollment
- Enrollment growth projections
- Grade level enrollments
- Teacher allocations
- Professional staff allocations
- There will not be a tuition fee for out-of-district students for the 2021-2022 school year.
- Students must re-apply annually for Open Enrollment.
- Any student accepted for Open Enrollment will be required to provide his or her own transportation to and from school.
- An application must be completed for each student that is applying for Open Enrollment.
General Information - Returning Open Enrollment Students
- Students must re-apply annually and fulfill all requirements.
- Students will receive a letter/application for the 2021-2022 school year by April 5, 2021.
- Deadline for returning Open Enrollment applications is April 26, 2021.
- Students will be notified of acceptance or denial between the dates of June 21 to June 24, 2021.
Enrollment Criteria
- The student must have 90% attendance for the previous semester and the last six weeks.
- The student must be passing all classes currently and for the last semester completed.
- The student must have passed all portions of the most recent Texas state-mandated assessment on the first administration. Students from home school, private school or non-accredited school must show successful achievement on district-delivered academic test.
- The student has not been placed in a DAEP/JJAEP or have a significant number of disciplinary infractions.
Denial Guidelines
- Record of poor attendance (i.e., excessive absences, tardies, late arrivals or early dismissals), late pick-ups and/or disciplinary infractions
- Enrollment specifically for the purpose of participating in athletics at receiving campus
- Falsification of information
- Failing grades
- Failing state-mandated assessment or other district academic test
- Failure to meet district criteria
- Increased campus staffing
- Student projections reach 95% of campus/program capacity
Revocation Guidelines
A campus administrator must hold a conference with the parent and inform the parent of the revocation and the reason(s) for the revocation.
- Repeated failure to abide by the rules specified in the WSISD Student Handbook or Code of Conduct
- Student commits a disciplinary infraction that mandates removal to the DAEP or JJAEP
- Documented pattern of poor attendance as stated in #1 under Denial Considerations
- Lack of parental support of campus policies or regulations
- Falsification of information
- Students who do not meet the enrollment criteria annually