There was a discussion on this subject in another thread previously, but I don't want to muck up that thread. I did some research.
Missoula has had high school open enrollment for many years. Kids could transfer schools. If an actual move of the family to the new school district wasn't involved, there were restrictions on when the kid could start playing varsity sports.
Open enrollment is ending as of next fall (effectively now). Kids who had already changed schools will be grandfathered in.
Too many kids had been transferring to the two "hot" schools, Sentinel and Hellgate. Big Sky's enrollment is down.
Now, many Hellgate Elementary area kids will have to go to Big Sky.
There had been complaints all along by some parents about their kids not getting enough chances in various things, like Hellgate soccer, because so many out of district kids came to Hellgate to play soccer due to open enrollment.
The boundaries of some of the elementary schools have just changed too.
I wonder if the extra hot housing markets, in some areas like Lewis & Clark, are being helped by the changes in these school policies and districts.
I didn't read the open enrollment stuff anywhere; just heard it. So, feel free to correct or supplement if you know more. And, whoever was saying previously that Missoula no longer had open enrollment, was at least generally going in the right direction, and I wasn't.
Missoula has had high school open enrollment for many years. Kids could transfer schools. If an actual move of the family to the new school district wasn't involved, there were restrictions on when the kid could start playing varsity sports.
Open enrollment is ending as of next fall (effectively now). Kids who had already changed schools will be grandfathered in.
Too many kids had been transferring to the two "hot" schools, Sentinel and Hellgate. Big Sky's enrollment is down.
Now, many Hellgate Elementary area kids will have to go to Big Sky.
There had been complaints all along by some parents about their kids not getting enough chances in various things, like Hellgate soccer, because so many out of district kids came to Hellgate to play soccer due to open enrollment.
The boundaries of some of the elementary schools have just changed too.
I wonder if the extra hot housing markets, in some areas like Lewis & Clark, are being helped by the changes in these school policies and districts.
I didn't read the open enrollment stuff anywhere; just heard it. So, feel free to correct or supplement if you know more. And, whoever was saying previously that Missoula no longer had open enrollment, was at least generally going in the right direction, and I wasn't.
