School District of Niagara

DISTRICT
NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES

The School District of Niagara offers students a variety of educational options to children who reside in the District.

The District’s primary educational pathway and instructional program for students involves a progression from 4-year-old kindergarten through 12^th grade, leading to a high school diploma.

Some of the specific education programs offered to eligible students who are enrolled in and attending the District’s schools include the following:

• Early childhood special education (for students who are at least 3 years old but not yet school-age)
• 4K Program
• Special education for students with disabilities
• Title 1 reading and math programs
• Gifted and talented programming
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
• Individualized program and curriculum modifications
• Alternative education program(s)
• At-risk education (e.g., for students identified as being at-risk of not graduating from high school)
• Online learning programs
• Summer school programming

EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT PROGRAM – WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION

• Learn more about the Early College Credit Program by clicking here
• Learn more about the Start College Now Program by clicking here
• Learn more about other programs offered by Wisconsin DPI

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NIAGARA INCLUDE:

• Special Needs Scholarship Program
• Public School Open Enrollment
• Enrollment in a private school of the family’s choosing (at the family’s own cost, as applicable).
• Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law.

Educational options for children who reside in the School District of Niagara but who are enrolled in and attending a private school or home-based private educational program include the following:

• Such students have the opportunity to attend summer school classes/programs offered.
• Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to section 118.145(4) of the state statutes.

Students who are enrolled in a home-based private educational program have the opportunity to:

• Apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in public schools as provided under section 118.53.
• Participate in District interscholastic athletics and other District extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133.

For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact the District’s main administrative office at (715) 251-4541 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction at 800.441.4563 or click on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website at:  http://dpi.wi.gov/ed-options