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The Fredericktown Local School District will permit students from any Ohio school district to enroll in its school system on a tuition-free basis.

Applications will be accepted beginning at 8:00 A.M. on April 1, and continue through 4:00 P.M. on May 15.

The priority by which applications will be approved for acceptance will be based upon the date of receipt and then by the time of receipt. The Fredericktown Board of Education through its policy has established grade level, school building and educational program capacities. The final number of applicants approved for enrollment will be based upon those established capacities. Prior to acceptance, in accordance to the adopted policy, an applicant’s prior disciplinary record may be taken into consideration.

However, applications must be resubmitted each school year in order for the District to know the student’s intent to return.

For further information contact Fredericktown Local Schools at 740-694-2956 or by email to soverholt@fredschools.com.

Please open this link to for the open enrollment application. Please print form, complete and return to Fredericktown Local Schools, Attention: Sonya Overholt, 117 Columbus Road, Fredericktown, Ohio 43019 or email soverholt@fredschools.com

The District was notified by its student information system provider, PowerSchool, of a breach of PowerSchool’s servers on January 7, 2025. Since then, our team has worked with PowerSchool to determine the full scope of the breach. 

While it is nearly impossible to determine the full extent of the security breach, it appears that personal information stored on PowerSchool’s servers was potentially accessed, including first and last names and social security numbers of current and former District staff and students.

We truly apologize for this inconvenience, and we have taken appropriate steps in coordination with PowerSchool to minimize the impact of this event and to ensure against future occurrences of this nature. We anticipate PowerSchool will contact individuals for whom we have current contact information directly with additional information regarding possible options for credit monitoring and identify protection. 

Additional information will be shared as it becomes available. Please feel free to contact us with additional questions.

GENERAL MONITORING OF SCHOOL-ISSUED DEVICES

Please be aware that the Fredericktown Local School District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: location tracking and student interactions with school- issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.