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Hamilton Opens Its Doors to a Few More Outside Students

School Board agrees to let 14 additional students attend district next year under Open Enrollment program.

Fourteen out-of-district students on a waiting list to attend the will be allowed in for the 2011-12 school year.

The School Board Monday approved allowing 11 more students into the district’s 4-year-old kindergarten program and three more into fourth grade under the state's Open Enrollment program.

The board attend the school in the upcoming school year.

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John Roubik, director of human resources and organizational development, said the 14 students approved by the board Monday are able to attend because of extra seats available in those grades.

Other students waiting to attend the district will most likely not get into Hamilton schools in the coming school year.

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“At other grade levels we are more conservative because we are at tipping points,” he said, referring to the district's desire to keep class sizes in line.

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