September 14, 2026 Immediately Following Tax Request Hearing - Board of Education

• Everyone wishing to speak must complete a speaker card (cards are located at the table near the entrance to this room).
• Everyone who comes forward to speak must state your name, address, the name of any organization being represented and the topic you are addressing before you begin.
• A time limit of 5 minutes is allotted for each speaker.
• There is a total time limit of 60 minutes allotted for all speakers.
• The board will not respond to comments or questions. 
• The board will not take action on the comments presented by the speakers but will direct the comments to appropriate staff members.
• Offensive language and hostile or disorderly conduct will not be tolerated.  In the event that the Board President determines any statement or comment constitutes offensive language or hostile or disorderly conduct, then the Board President will declare the person out of the order and the person will be prohibited from speaking further.
• In the event that any person is unruly, abusive, or otherwise disrupts the meeting or the board’s conduct of business, such person may be removed from the meeting by law enforcement.

Option Enrollment Capacity

2027-2028

Elementary Capacity:

Kindergarten - 40 students

1st Grade - 20 students (Full)

2nd Grade - 40 students

3rd Grade - 40 students 

4th Grade - 20 students (Full)

5th Grade - 40 students

6th Grade - 40 students

Jr./Sr. High Capacity:

7th Grade - 20 students (Full)

8th Grade - 40 students

9th Grade - 40 students

10th Grade - 40 students

11th Grade - 40 students

12th Grade - 40 students

RESOLUTION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF OPTION ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS

WHEREAS, Oakland-Craig Public Schools is committed to providing an education of high quality to its students in an economically efficient manner; and 

WHEREAS, the school district’s faculty, facilities, and equipment can serve only a limited number of students effectively; and

WHEREAS, section 79-238 imposes upon the school district an obligation to "automatically accept applications for siblings of option students enrolled in the option school district without regard to capacity limitations"; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Education, in consultation with the administration, has reviewed the school district’s faculty, facilities, equipment, interdisciplinary efforts and interrelationships of grades, subjects, and faculty; and has determined the maximum number of students it can serve effectively at any given grade level and in total;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the board adopts the following standards for acceptance or rejection of option enrollment applications:

 Special Education Capacity.  Capacity for special education services will be determined on a case-by-case basis.  If an application for option enrollment received by the school district indicates that the individual student applying for option enrollment or any of his or her siblings has an individualized education program under the  federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., or has been diagnosed with a disability as defined in section 79-1118.01, the application will be evaluated by the director of special education services or the director's designee who must determine if the school district and the appropriate class, grade level, or school building has the capacity to provide the individual student applying for option enrollment and all of his or her siblings the appropriate services and accommodations.  The Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Rights Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g) permits the release of education records when a student seeks or intends to enroll in a different school district.

 Numeric Capacity. The capacity in the following grade levels, programs, classes, and/or school buildings is as follows:

• Grade Level Numeric Capacity: Two Section Grade Levels - 40; One Section Grade Levels - 20                  

 Total enrollment for the school district: 468 students.

 The Board of Education reserves the authority to further determine numeric capacity of classes, grade levels, or school buildings by operation of resolution, by action of the Superintendent as the board’s designee, or through freestanding action to the extent permitted by law and policy.

Programmatic Capacity. The board declares the following grade levels, programs, classes, and school buildings to be at capacity such that no option applications into any of the following will be accepted:1st Grade, 4th Grade, & 7th Grade

Other Standards.  The school district shall not accept any application for option enrollment when enrollment of the individual student seeking to enroll as an option student or the enrollment of any of his or her siblings: 

(a)        Would increase the operating costs of the school district, such as by requiring the hiring of new staff or contracting with outside entities to provide services to the individual student applying for option enrollment and all of his or her siblings;

(b)        Would require the procurement of new equipment, technology, or furnishings;

(c)         Would cause or require the rearrangement of caseloads for staff and contracted professionals;

(d)        Is reasonably deemed by appropriate school staff to pose a potential risk to the health or safety of students or staff;

(e)        May pose a risk of adversely affecting the quality of educational services being provided to resident students, as determined by appropriate school staff.