Cuyahoga Falls City School District is planning to no longer offer open enrollment for students living outside its boundaries beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.
The Board of Education directed the district’s administration to discontinue open enrollment after a discussion of the five-year financial forecast at its Feb. 25 meeting, but the board must vote to change its open enrollment policy for it to officially take effect.
The first reading of the proposed new policy — which would only allow students whose families live within the district’s boundaries to enroll — took place at the March 18 meeting and will require an additional reading. The current open enrollment policy would also need to be rescinded, but it does not require two readings and would be considered a separate action at the board’s next meeting on April 1, said board president Anthony Gomez during the March 18 meeting…