WAUKESHA — The Waukesha School District is requiring all families with current school choice placements to reapply by Jan. 30, following the school board's vote to close schools.

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The district announced in November that it would close Bethesda, Hawthorne and Whittier elementary schools and move the STEM program to Horning Middle School for the 2026-27 school year.

All previously approved school choice placements at the elementary and middle school levels will not carry forward automatically to the 2026-27 school year.

The enrollment window for both charter schools and intradistrict school choice runs Jan. 5-30, 2026. Applications are not processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

School choice priority is given to any student whose at

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