The Barrington family lives on the outskirts of Millville, technically in the Talawanda City School District, but not far from the borders of Ross and Hamilton schools.
Although mom Rachel Barrington teaches English as a Second Language in Talawanda, she takes her daughter Grace to a Hamilton elementary every day, taking advantage of Ohio’s open enrollment.
“We’ve always just been more involved in the Hamilton community,” Barrington said. “So when Hamilton started offering open enrollment five years ago, we moved over.” The other Barrington daughter, Claire, went to Monroe Elementary prior to the opening of Ridgeway and stayed in Hamilton schools up through the seventh grade, but now a freshman, she does her school work through the on-line Ohio Virtual Academy.
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