Waukesha School District

[citation needed] In August 2021, the Waukesha School Board voted to not participate in the Seamless Summer Option,[1] a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) universal student lunch program that was extended for the 2021-2022 school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2] Families could still apply for the need-based National School Lunch program.

[3] The school board later reversed its decision, voting to participate in the Seamless Summer Option program.

[4] On March 10, 2022, the district has approved and agreed to close down Whittier Elementary School and merge with Hadfield Elementary School.

It was intended for the district to limit the decrease in student populations, improve accessibility for students with special needs, and to combat a $7 million budget shortfall for the 2022-2023 school year.