All Rights Reserved E-mail Us Trying to find a perfect balance in Oak Park Oak Park Unified School District is trying to strike a balance on its policy governing open enrollment. It s easy to understand Oak Park parents who don t want the school district opening the gates to outside students.
People prefer smaller classrooms because teachers do a better job with fewer students.
Oak Park students score high in comparison tests vs. other public schools and part of reason, no doubt, is the quality of education. But state funding to public schools is based on enrollment. The more students you have, the more money you get. So at a certain point, the extra dollars of a handful of students enable special programs that you couldn t afford without those enrollees. The district took a step in that direction by setting current enrollment as a baseline.