Fond du Lac School District announces registration dates for 5-year-old Kindergarten for the 2024-25 school year

The Fond du Lac School District has established enrollment dates for 5-year-old Kindergarten students attending the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment will begin on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, and will run through Friday, January 19, 2024. 

During the week of January 16, parents and guardians of prospective kindergartners can enroll their child between 9a-2:30p in person. Parents and guardians are also asked to bring proof of their child’s age in the form of a birth certificate or baptismal record when enrolling as well as two forms of proof of residency. A current property tax statement, closing statement or mortgage statement, or an active residential lease will be required as one form of proof. The original documents will be returned to you. 

Wisconsin statutes state, “Except as provided in s.115.01(2) and s.115.28(8), no child may be admitted to kindergarten unless he or she is 5 years old on or before September 1, in the year he or she proposes to enter school.” Children reaching their fifth birthday after September 1, 2024, but on or before December 1, 2024, may be admitted to kindergarten upon administrative approval according to Board of Education Policy. Requests for early entrance should be addressed to Terese Weiler, 920-906-6505.

118.33(6)(cm) prohibits a school board or an independent charter school under Wis. Stat. Sec. 118.40(2r) from enrolling a child in first grade unless the child has completed 5-year-old kindergarten or has received an exemption.

Enrollment will take place at your attendance area school. If you do not know the attendance area school your child should enroll at, the information is available on our website under Enrollment and District Map & Boundaries. Information is also available by contacting Wendy Burgess at 920-906-6524.

Note: If your student is currently enrolled in a Fond du Lac School District 4K or other program (early childhood, phonology or preschool speech and language), your child does not need to attend the open registration.