March 10, 2010

Attachments:	Generating Approval and Denial Letters via OPAL 2010

(http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/pdf/oe_listserv_approve-deny_ltrs_attach.pdf) 

To - District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators

From - Mary Jo Cleaver and Merry Larsen, Open Enrollment Consultants

Subject - Generating Approval/Denial Letters via OPAL

Date - March 10, 2010


Again this year, you may generate approval/denial letters from the 
Applications Tab in OPAL.

You must first enter approval/denial information on the Approval/Denial Page.

Then click on the Letters Tab.   We have attached a document that explains how 
to use this feature.

You are no longer required to notify "other" school districts and the DPI of 
approvals and denials (we can get this directly from OPAL), but you are 
required to send written notices to parents.   The letters feature should make 
it easier to generate those notices.   You are not required to prepare your 
letters using OPAL.  If you have already prepared your notices using the old 
forms or some other method or if you wish to use the older forms or some other 
methods, you may do so.  However, we recommend you try it out to see how it 
works.

To school districts with virtual charter schools:   We are requesting that 
virtual charter schools do not send approvals at this time.  We will have more 
information for you in the near future.   Please keep notifying us of data 
changes.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact us.

Mary Jo Cleaver
Public School Open Enrollment Consultant Department of Public Instruction
608-267-9101 or toll-free 888-245-2732
fax:  608-267-9207
email: maryjo.cleaver@dpi.wi.gov
website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/psctoc.html

Merry Larsen
Public School Open Enrollment Consultant Department of Public Instruction
608-266-2146 or toll-free 888-245-2732
fax:  608-267-9207
email: merry.larsen@dpi.wi.gov
website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/psctoc.html