Charter School and Two-Way Immersion Placement

Charter schools (in Wisconsin) are public schools that operate under contract with a legislatively designed authority. In most cases, this authority is the local school board. 

Charter Schools are a way for school boards to offer a choice to parents in selecting accountability for results in exchange for freedom from some rules and regulations required of other public schools.

All charter schools in the district are required to follow the same standards for what students must learn.  The charter schools are allowed, by contract, to have different strategies and instructional methods to reach these standards.  New Century School is a K-5 elementary school featuring multiage classrooms that feature thematic, environmentally-integrated curriculum.  Core Knowledge Charter School is a K-5 elementary and 6-8 middle school featuring E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge curriculum and using Direct Instruction.  Spanish is also offered to students in the program.  The Verona Area International School is an elementary school that uses single grade and multi-age settings.  The school is a Mandarin immersion program, where students learn half days in Chinese-Mandarin and half days in English. (For more specific information, see each school's websites or call the schools directly.)

All resident parents of children entering kindergarten through eighth grade for the next school year have the opportunity to make a choice regarding the school site or programs to attend.

The Verona Area School District provides information for all incoming kindergarten parents in January via the VASD Website.   Parents with children already attending the district may consider a placement change and are encouraged to contact other schools for specific information about their program.

The school can request to receive open enrollment students and this request must be approved by the Board.  This opportunity is typically very limited.

Your choices, for which school program to attend, include your attendance area school or New Century School, Core Knowledge Charter School, or Verona Area International School.

If you want your child to change to a different program, then you must complete and return the Placement Change Request Form on line (VASD Website) or to the district office.  Placement Change Request Forms will be available to parents in February.  Residents with school age children that do not currently attend the district can find a Charter Placement Request Form on the district website.

If you want your child to return to the school program they are currently enrolled in, you don't have to do anything.  Do not fill out the Placement Change Request Form.  Parents that do not return this form will be making the choice to return to the next appropriate grade level within the existing school program.

No. Your existing school attendance boundaries must still be followed unless you are attending a charter school.  If you choose a charter school, then you can attend the location regardless of where you live.

Yes. Bus transportation is available to all students throughout the district following the same guidelines as other school locations regarding distance.