Sent:	Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:16 AM

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Mary Jo Cleaver and Merry Larsen, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Entering New District Administrators and Open Enrollment Contacts in OPAL
 
 
A number of school districts have new district administrators effective July 1.  There may also be changes in open 
enrollment staffing.  
 
To update OPAL, click on the Contacts Tab, click on Edit, enter the new information and Save.  This will generate 
an email to Mary Jo.    
 
The new staff must also be authorized as OPAL users (this is NOT done automatically when you change 
information in the Contacts Tab).  
 
New users are authorized as follows:  
 
NEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS must be authorized by DPI.  When we receive the OPAL-generated email, 
we will create a userid and password.  These will be mailed to the district administrator with a letter explaining how 
to authorize/delete/edit OPAL users.  
 
NEW OPEN ENROLLMENT STAFF are authorized by the district administrator.   If the district administrator does 
not know how to do this, let us know and we will send information about how to do so.  
 
New open enrollment staff (including district administrators unless otherwise requested) will also be added to the 
open enrollment list serve.  
 
If you have any questions on this, please contact one of 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