The Tri-County Area School District offers a variety of educational options to children who reside within the District.

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:

  • High School: Tri-County High School

  • Middle School: Tri-County Middle School

  • Elementary Schools: Tri-County Elementary

School 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/bilingual-bicultural 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.

  • After school programs.

Educational options for students who are enrolled in the District that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a District school include the following:

  • The Course Options Program, which: -

    • 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 course(s) 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.

  • The Youth Options 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 11th or 12th Grade.

Additional educational options for children who reside within the District that involve full-time enrollment/attendance at a school, program or other educational institution other than a District school include the following:

  • High school students meeting certain age and other eligibility requirements may be permitted to attend a technical college or certain other program 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 involving 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 2016-2017 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 Wis. Stat. § 115.7915.

  • 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 within the District but who are enrolled in and attending a private school or home-based private educational program include the following:

  • Such students have the opportunity to attend summer school classes/programs offered in the District.

  • Such students have the opportunity to participate in middle school after school athletic activities.

  • Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 118.145(4).

  • Students who are enrolled in a home-based private educational program have the opportunity to:

    • Apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in public schools as provided under Wis. Stat. § 118.53.

    • Participate in District interscholastic athletic athletics and other District extracurricular activities as provided under Wis. Stat. § 118.133.

For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact the District’s main administrative office at (715) 335-6366 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction at (608) 266-3390. 

Notice of educational options for children who reside within the district