From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:00 AM
To:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Subject:	Withdrawing Pupils Before the Beginning of the Next School Year

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jen Danfield, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Withdrawing Pupils Before the Beginning of the Next School Year
 
There is a feature in OPAL that will allow you to withdraw pupils during the summer or at the 
end of the school year, so they will not be rolled over to the 2017-18 school year and will not be 
on the 3rd Friday in September list.  

Since the OPAL rollover occurs on August 1, to keep pupils from being rolled over into 2017-18, 
the summer withdrawal must be entered and approved by the other district before the end of 
the day on July 31.

In order to complete a pupil’s summer withdrawal, from the Students page and the Actively 
Open Enrolled tab, click on the pupil’s name to bring up their Student Summary page.  Click on 
the Withdraw Student tab, click Edit, and enter the withdrawal information under the “Summer 
Withdrawals” section.  

It is not necessary to withdraw graduating seniors.  They will be dropped from the All Students 
list as part of the rollover.  This also applies to 8th graders in K-8 districts. 

If you are looking for further instructions on how to withdraw pupils, there is a Camtasia 
presentation titled “Withdrawing Students in OPAL” on our training page at 
https://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment/resources/training.  

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

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