Open Enrollment

This page provides information for families who live outside of the boundaries of the DCE district who are enrolling students for the first time.

Before beginning the enrollment process, families must determine which open enrollment situation is applicable.

Three scenarios for open enrollment:

Regular Enrollment

The regular open enrollment application period is from February 6-April 28 for the upcoming school year. Families must complete the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction open enrollment forms and obtain permission from WDPI before completing the DCE enrollment process. If your student open enrolls during the regular enrollment period, a family only needs to complete the open enrollment process one time and will not need to request permission again. Students who live outside the district boundaries and attend the DCE 4K program will need to complete a one-time open enrollment for their K-12 career.

Tuition Waivers

Tuition Waivers apply after the school year begins when a current DCE student living within district boundaries moves outside of the district boundaries during the school year and would like to continue to attend DCE during that school year. Tuition waivers do not carry over from one year to the next. Therefore, if the student would like to continue to attend DCE the following year, the family will need to apply during the regular open enrollment period. Tuition forms cannot be completed online.

Alternative Open Enrollment

This open enrollment period begins July 1 and applies to students who missed the regular enrollment period, families who are new to the district who missed the regular enrollment deadline, those who moved during the summer, or were on a tuition waiver the previous school year. Alternative open enrollment forms cannot be completed online. Families can download an Alternative Open Enrollment form by clicking on the link in the right-hand navigation.

Open Enrollment Forms

Open Enrollment Form

Open Enrollment Tuition Waiver

School Boundaries

Not sure where you fit on the district map?

Check the online approximate school boundaries map.

4K boundaries map.

If you are still unsure which elementary school your child should attend, please call the school district office at 715.359.4221.

Before beginning the open enrollment process:

Families must complete one of the open enrollment processes noted above and obtain permission from WDPI.
Once the WDPI process is complete, DCE will contact your family and — in the case of elementary students — indicate which school your child has permission to attend. You are now ready to complete the DCE enrollment process.
Have the following information ready:
- Household address and phone numbers
- Parent/guardian work and cell phone numbers, email addresses
- Student health/medication information
- Emergency contact addresses and phone numbers
Gather your child’s immunization records. If you do not have up-to-date immunization records available, you can visit the online Wisconsin Immunization Registry and download your child’s records by providing the child’s name and Social Security number.
Gather a copy of your child’s birth certificate. If a birth certificate is not available, you can complete Form 5111 F1 and submit the documentary evidence listed.
If custody has been established by the courts, a copy of the court order or placement papers must be submitted.
If you are enrolling more than one student, you will be able to enroll all students in one session (regardless of what grade they are entering). You do not need to complete individual online enrollment sessions for each child.

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