From:	Gensler Santistevan, Kari A.  DPI
Sent:	Friday, June 23, 2017 11:32 AM
To:	Gensler Santistevan, Kari A.  DPI
Subject:	2017-18 Alternative Open Enrollment Application Available

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators

From – Kari Gensler Santistevan, Open Enrollment Education Specialist

Subject – 2017-18 Alternative Open Enrollment Application


The 2017-18 alternative open enrollment application is now available on the open enrollment 
website under the Alternative Application Procedures webpage at http://dpi.wi.gov/open-
enrollment/applications/alternative.  In addition, English, Spanish, and Hmong versions of the 
alternative application can be found on the Forms webpage. 

Alternative (exception) applications are for a current school year. Parents who have missed the 
regular application deadline for the 2017-18 school year may submit alternative applications on 
or after July 1. 

Remember: Exceptions are only to the application period, not to the district’s approval/denial 
criteria. If you filled all your spaces with applications submitted during the regular application 
period, you cannot then accept a pupil who applied with an alternative application. If you have 
pupils on your wait lists in July, you must accept those pupils before accepting any pupils who 
apply through the alternative application procedures. Those pupils would need to be added to 
the bottom of the wait lists. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at openenrollment@dpi.wi.gov or call us at 888-
245-2732, option 2.