Open Enrollment

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Open Enrollment is for students who live outside of Lakeville Area Schools boundaries, but wish to attend school in the district. Minnesota Statute 124D.03 allows all Minnesota’s public school students the opportunity to apply to attend school outside of the school district where they live.

2020-21 School Year Application Process

Application Process

Open Enrollment Applications for the 2020-21 school year may now be submitted. Space will be limited and grade level limits will be posted soon based upon State Statute and space availability as determined by the Board of Education.

Apply now through February 3, 2020. Please have your full application submitted.
A lottery will take place between February 3 and February 15. This is not a first-come, first-served process, but will be an impartial lottery for all applicants. Per State Statute, the district must give priority to enrolling siblings of currently enrolled students, students whose applications are related to an approved integration and achievement plan, and children of the school district's staff. Applications received by February 3 will be included in the lottery, but will not be guaranteed enrollment in the District. Only applications selected in the lottery will be offered enrollment in the District.
Lottery acceptance/denial will be communicated through email from the District’s Student Services Department on February 15.
Parent/guardian must notify the Student Services Department by March 1 of their intent to enroll or will risk losing placement
School building placement assignment will be communicated by May 15.

Applications will continue to be received after February 3, but will not be considered for this first-round lottery. Future lotteries are possible, but are not guaranteed. The decision to hold another lottery will be based upon State Statute and space availability as determined by the Board of Education.

How to Submit Your Application

Email Mary.Moody@isd194.org Fax 952-469-6054 Mail/drop off to Lakeville Area Schools, 17630 Juniper Path, Suite A, Lakeville, MN 55044

Application Form

- Open Enrollment Application for K-12 Gen Ed and Early Childhood Special Education

School Year 2020-21 Information Sessions

While waiting for a decision regarding your Open Enrollment application, you are welcome to attend Information Sessions scheduled at your first-choice school, with the understanding that your student may or may not be offered a spot in the district or approved for that school. If you submit paperwork at a school other than where your student might end up being placed, the paperwork can be easily transferred to the school building of placement.

Please contact your first-choice school for upcoming information sessions. Our Schools

Once open enrolled, am I required to apply every year?

Approval into the district is permanent through your child’s graduation. Students will transition to the next level building with their peers provided space is available in that school building. If space is not available, open enrolled students will be offered placement into one of the other school buildings within the district.