Educational Options

Notice of Educational Options for Children who Reside in the School District

The table below contains Whitefish Bay School District schools, grades served, and addresses:

2023-2024 School Accountability Report Card Ratings and Educational Options Posting

Educational options for students who are enrolled in the Whitefish Bay School District, under section 118.57 of the state statutes that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the Whitefish Bay School District include the following:

• Early College Credit Program: The ECCP allows any high school pupil in a public or private school in the state to enroll in a UW System institution, or a private, non-profit institution of higher education, to take one or more nonsectarian courses course, for which the pupil may earn high school credit, post-secondary credit, or both. The initial notification form must be submitted to the District by January 31 if the student intends to enroll at the IHE in the subsequent summer semester/session, by October 1 if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent spring semester, and by March 1 if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent fall session.   

• Part Time Open Enrollment:  Under part time open enrollment, any pupil enrolled in any high school grade in a public school may attend a public school in a nonresident school district for the purposes of taking up to two courses at a time.

Additional educational options for children who reside in the District that involve full time enrollment/attendance at a school under section 118.57 of the state statues, program or other educational institution that is not a school or instrumentality of the Whitefish Bay School District include the following:

• Open Enrollment: Provides opportunities for students to attend another public school of a nonresident school 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 participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program.  The following participating private school is located within the District's boundaries:  Dominican High School.

• 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 Whitefish Bay School District boundaries 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, provided eligibility requirements are met.

• Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in a District school, provided space is available and 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 participate in District interscholastic athletics and other District extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133 of the state statutes, they can apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in public schools, provided space is available and pursuant to section 118.53 of the state statutes.

• Early College Credit Program: The ECCP allows any high school pupil in a public or private school in the state to enroll in a UW System institution, or a private, non-profit institution of higher education, to take one or more nonsectarian courses course, for which the pupil may earn high school credit, post-secondary credit, or both. The initial notification form must be submitted to the District by January 31 if the student intends to enroll at the IHE in the subsequent summer semester/session, by October 1 if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent spring semester, and by March 1 if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent fall session.   

• The Special Needs Scholarship Program (SNSP) allows a student with a disability, who meets certain eligibility requirements, to receive a state-funded scholarship to attend a participating private school. The Special Needs Scholarship Program is governed by Wisconsin Statute 115.7915 and Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter PI 49.

• Additional information on educational options and accountability reports are located on the right side of this webpage as well as the Department of Public Instruction website at https://dpi.wi.gov/ed-options