THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BROWN DEER
NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
2023
The School District of Brown Deer offers students a variety of educational options to children who reside in the District. In the School District of Brown Deer’s mission, “Together with our families and community, we will inspire all students to be passionate learners, creative thinkers and innovative leaders who enrich our world,” we provide opportunities for students and staff to inspire, innovate and lead.
The District’s primary educational pathway and instructional program for students involves a progression from 4-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade, leading to a high school diploma. The District’s schools and each school’s most recent state-assigned performance category (if available), are listed below:
Elementary School (grades 4K-5): Brown Deer Elementary School
Middle/High School (grades 6-12): Brown Deer Middle/High School
District Alternative Schools: Brown Deer Academy of Learning (AOL)
Some of the specific education programs offered to eligible students who are enrolled in and attending the District’s schools include the following:
- Early childhood special education (for students who are at least 3 years old but not yet school-age)
- Special education for students with disabilities
- English language learner education
- Gifted and talented education
- Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
- Individualized program and curriculum modifications
- Alternative education program(s)
- At-risk education (e.g., for students identified as being at-risk of not graduating from high school)
- Summer school programming
The full version of the district’s most recent school and school district accountability report, as issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction under section 115.385 of the state statutes, can be accessed via the following page on the district’s website (if the report has been issued by DPI):
www.browndeerschools.com.
Educational options for students who are enrolled in the School District of Brown Deer that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the School District of Brown Deer include the following:
Start College Now, which allows
- high school students the opportunity to take college courses at Wisconsin Technical Colleges.
- provides opportunities to apply for approval to take up to 2 courses at a time at another educational institution;
- is subject to state and local eligibility requirements, including the limitation that the courses must satisfy a high school graduation requirement; and
- includes certain district-approved dual credit opportunities that the District offers in conjunction with a partner institution of higher education.
- is available only to students who are enrolled in the 11th through 12th grade.
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The Early College Credit Program, which:
- provides opportunities to apply for approval to take courses at certain institutions of higher education; and
- is available only to students who are enrolled in the 9th through 12th grade.
Additional educational options for children who reside in the District that involve full-time enrollment/attendance at a school, program, or other educational institution that is not a school or instrumentality of the School District of Brown Deer include the following:
- High school students meeting certain age and other eligibility requirements may be permitted to attend a technical college or certain other programs for the purpose of completing a program leading to the student’s high school graduation or to a high school equivalency diploma.
- Full-time Open Enrollment involves physical attendance in a public school of a nonresident school district or attendance through a virtual charter school that is associated with a nonresident school district.
- Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, a child with a disability who meets the program’s specific eligibility requirements may apply to attend an eligible, participating private school under a scholarship awarded through the state’s “Special Needs Scholarship Program,” as established under section 115.7915 of the state statutes.
- Enrollment in a private school of the family’s choosing (at the family’s own cost, as applicable).
- Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law.
Educational options for children who reside in the School District of Brown Deer but who are enrolled in and attending a private school, or home-based private educational program include the following:
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Such students have the opportunity to attend summer school classes/programs offered in the District.
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Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to section 118.145(4) of the state statutes.
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Students who are enrolled in a home-based private educational program have the opportunity to:
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Apply for approval to take up two courses per semester in public schools as provided under section 118.53.
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Participate in District interscholastic athletics and other District extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133.
For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact the District’s main administrative office at (414) 371-6750 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
NOTICE OF THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS THAT ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR
State law requires that the District provide parents and guardians of all enrolled students with notice of the academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history that have been adopted by the School Board and that will be in effect during each school year. Accordingly, the District academic standards that will be in effect in these specific content areas for this school year are listed below. Electronic links to the detailed version of the applicable standards are provided when available. To the extent a parent or guardian would like to review a copy of any of the standards in an alternative format, please contact:
Dr. Toknoka Glass at 414-371-6761 or via email at tglass@browndeerschools.com
The District’s 2023-2024 Student Academic Standards:
English Language Arts (includes reading and writing)
The District has adopted the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, as formerly adapted to Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (through the 2022-23 school year). These District standards include:
- Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects in grades K–5;
- Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects in grades 6–12;
- Standards for Literacy in All Subjects for grades K-5; and
- Standards for Literacy in All Subjects for grades 6-12
A complete copy of these standards can be located and reviewed at this Internet address:
https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/standards/New%20pdfs/ELAStandards2020.pdf
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/
Mathematics
The District has adopted the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, as formerly adapted to Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (through the 2023-24 school year). These District standards include:
- Standards for mathematical content
- Standards for mathematical practice
A complete copy of these standards can be located and reviewed at this Internet address:
http://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/standards/pdf/common-core-math-standards.pdf
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/
Science
The District has adopted the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Science. The standards are grouped into eight areas (A through H) and include both content standards and performance standards.
A complete copy of these standards can be located and reviewed at this Internet address:
http://dpi.wi.gov/science/standards
The district is also using Next Generation Science Standards to ensure our students can think critically and address 21st-century global challenges in manufacturing, medicine, technology, the environment and space exploration. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a set of education benchmarks released in April 2013, establishing what K-12 students need to know and be able to do in learning modern science.
http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards
Social Studies (includes geography and history)
The District has adopted the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies. The five strands of the social studies standards encompass history, geography, behavioral science, economics, and political science. The model standards include both content standards and performance standards. A focus on inquiry practices and processes are also covered in the Social Studies Standards.
A complete copy of these standards can be located and reviewed at this Internet address:
https://dpi.wi.gov/social-studies
The School District of Brown Deer works with parents and the community to inspire students to become passionate learners, creative thinkers, and innovative leaders who enrich our world.
Collaboration among staff, students, parents, and community will result in measurable student outcomes using benchmarks and rigorous standards.
The School District of Brown Deer aspires to become a world-class district creating learning pathways for all students that sets high expectations for career and college success in a global economy.
This notice is issued pursuant to section 120.12(13) of the state statutes.
Approved by the Board of Education on July 25, 2023.
Annual Notice- McKinney-Vento Act
Homeless Students - Equal Educational Opportunities
Children of homeless individuals and unaccompanied homeless youth (youth not in the physical custody of a parent/guardian) who are actually living in the District, or who were enrolled in the District when they became homeless, shall have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including comparable services, as provided to other children and you who
reside in the District. The Superintendent shall designate an employee to be the District’s liaison for homeless children and youth, who will be responsible for the administration of this policy.
The district will consider a child or youth to be homeless under the following circumstances, or similar circumstances:
- Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or other similar reasons; or are living in motels hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to a lack of alternative adequate accommodations; or are living in emergency or transitional shelter; or are abandoned in hospitals; or are waiting for foster care placement;
- Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
- Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; or
- Migratory children.
Such children or youth shall be allowed to attend any appropriate public school within the District, which non-homeless students attend who live in the area of attendance in which the child or youth actually lives. Alternatively, the child or youth may remain enrolled in the school within the District, where the student was enrolled prior to becoming homeless (the child’s “school of origin”). Homeless children and youth shall not be required to attend a separate school or program for homeless children and shall not be stigmatized by school personnel. In accordance with the child’s best interest, the District will enroll the child either in his or her school of origin or in the school in the attendance area where the child or youth is actually living. When making this decision, the District will document this decision in writing and notify the parents of their right to appeal this decision to the Department of Public Instruction.
In addition, the liaison for homeless children and youth shall be responsible for creating a coordinated system for ensuring that all homeless children and youth are:
- Advised of the choice of schools where they may enroll;
- Are immediately enrolled in a school in accordance with this policy; and
- Are promptly given all additional services that they may need. In addition, the liaison for homeless children and youth must document that each homeless child or youth, and his or her guardian, receives written notice of their right in accordance with state and federal law.
This notice must be given at the time a homeless child or youth seeks to enroll in the District, and at least twice annually while the child is enrolled in a District school pursuant to this policy.
In addition, the liaison is responsible for publicly disseminating a notice of the education rights of homeless children and youth in such places where homeless children and youth receive services, such as family shelters, soup kitchens, and schools.
Legal References: 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et. seq.
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