After last month’s decision to close three elementary schools, the Waukesha School District on Dec. 10 shared the next steps in closing those buildings and moving students and staff to the district’s remaining schools.
Waukesha Schools Superintendent James Sebert said open house and enrollment dates have been set and that the district is figuring out boundary maps and transportation eligibility.
The open houses are an opportunity for students and families to learn more about a particular school or program. The enrollment dates are for all district families to express preferences on what district school their children attend, something the district does every year. Generally, the district holds these events in December, but backed it up to January this school year due to the school closure vote, Sebert told a reporter.
The School Board voted in November to close Bethesda and Hawthorne elementary schools, as well as the former Whittier elementary school building, which currently houses the district’s STEM elementary program.