BUHLER, Kan. — Discussion of the non-district student capacity numbers will be part of the Buhler USD 313 Board of Education meeting Monday.
As Superintendent Cindy Couchman previously told Hutch Post, in April, USD 313 will send out an intent to return form to every student in the district, pre-K to 11th grade, asking if they are planning to come back next year.
"We're going to study that data and look at our historical data trends, talk to our admin," Couchman said. "Then, we'll look at that, put all that data together and then we'll say, on May 1, what our capacity is."
Capacity is not class size, as legally speaking, every district has to take any kids in good standing that actually live in that district.
"Capacity is how many non-resident seats you have available by grade level," Couchman said. "That will have to be posted on everybody's website by May 1. After we have that data, from June 1 to June 30. If you are a non-resident student in our area. Really, this applies for any student in the state of Kansas, you can apply at a district. They will fill out a form saying that they want to come to Buhler schools."
July 1 to 15 is when the lottery for the limited spots will take place.
"That is a random drawing by each grade level for the open seats," Couchman said. "We'll draw them all out and list them out and then we'll notify them saying, your name was drawn, do you want the seat, yes or no. Then they'll have, our policy is going to state, two days to get back to us. Then we'll just keep going down the list until we fill our seats."
Once a student is in, presuming they remain in good standing, they can remain in the same district through their career.
The Buhler USD 313 Board of Education meets Monday at 6 p.m. at the Burkholder Administrative Center in Buhler.
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