Girard plans to tackle open enrollment losses

GIRARD

In an attempt to combat the departure of students from the school district, the board of education has approved increasing the maximum number of students it accepts through open enrollment by 34.

The measure passed at Wednesday night’s meeting by a 4-0 vote.

The district has 96 open-enrollment slots, and 77 of those are filled. However, 12 of those will graduate this year.

It has lost 56 Girard district students to other schools through the open-enrollment program. An additional 43 regular-enrollment students moved out of the city.

“When you are losing that kind of money, you need to do something to bring it back,” Superintendent

David Cappuzzello said Thursday at an informational meeting with parents at the high school.

The meeting was an open discussion on some of the changes Cappuzzello wants to make in the

district for next school year, including a shift in the school start times.

The most dramatic changes would occur at the high-school and elementary levels.

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