If your school is considering participating in one of Wisconsin’s choice programs, consider this: School Choice Wisconsin is here to help with applying and onboarding. ChoiceWords attended a session in September with a school looking to join one of Wisconsin’s choice programs. The essential informational session was run on-site at the school by School Choice Wisconsin Vice President of Operations Carol Shires. Shires is among the onboarding experts at SCW.  The school was excited about a future with the choice program, but had many financial, paperwork, deadline, state regulatory and enrollment questions.  Each school’s situation is different. At the September…

Good news! Choice is growing in Wisconsin! According to numbers released today by the state Department of Public Instruction: • The state’s four private school parental choice programs reported a headcount of 52,189. This was an increase of 6.7 percent over 2021. 4K headcount in the private school parental choice programs increased by 8.5 percent, kindergarten increased by 5.1 percent and grades 1-12 were up by 6.8 percent. • Independent charter schools reported a headcount of 11,150, an increase of 4.5 percent from September 2021.  • Wisconsin’s total school district headcount was 807,657, a decline of 0.85 percent from September…