From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Wednesday, January 16, 2019 10:27 AM
To:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Subject:	2nd Friday OPAL Reporting Reminder and Alternative Applications After 3rd Friday

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jennifer Danfield, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – 2nd Friday OPAL Reporting Reminder and Alternative Applications After 3rd Friday
 
This is a reminder that the 2nd Friday list in OPAL will be locked at 11:59pm on Friday. After this 
time, changes to a student’s 2nd Friday status can still be reported using the Change Enrollment 
tab.

Even though this topic was covered in the January 8th list serv notice, we are still getting too 
many questions about alternative application pupils not appear on the district’s 2nd Friday list.

Alternative application pupils who enrolled after the 3rd Friday Count will never appear on your 
2nd Friday in January list. This list only includes pupils who were indicated as open enrolled on 
the 3rd Friday in September. 

In order to indicate their attendance for alternative application pupils who enrolled after the 3rd 
Friday Count, the nonresident district needs to go to the Actively Open Enrolled tab, click on the 
Alternative Apps Only filter, click on the student’s name, click on the Change Enrollment tab, 
then click on Edit. Click on Yes or No for the OE on the 2nd Friday in January. If yes, enter the 
FTE. Then click SAVE. This will send an update request to the resident district.  

From the Mailbox page, the resident district needs to click on New Data Change Requests (the 
number of requests will be a red number inside a yellow circle). Click on the student’s name – 
there will be a yellow bar with red letters stating [Other District] is waiting for you to act on:  
Underneath that yellow bar, click on the items listed (2nd Friday changes will show changes for 
the Change Enrollment tab).  
 
Proposed changes will be highlighted in yellow. If you agree, click on Accept for each item or 
Accept All.   
 
If you disagree, the preferred action is to call the nonresident district to resolve the issue. The 
less-preferred option is to click on Reject (in which case, the districts need to resolve the issue 
anyway).  

After the information has been approved, you can view the alternative application pupils’ 
information including their 2nd Friday data, from the All Students tab by clicking on the 
Alternative Apps Only filter. 

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

Jen Danfield
School Administration Consultant
Public School Open Enrollment
Department of Public Instruction
608-264-6707 or 888-245-2732, option 2, then 3
Jennifer.Danfield@dpi.wi.gov 

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