Open Enrollment

Statewide Enrollment Options (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.

La Inscripción Abierta es una opción para estudiantes que viven fuera de los límites de Lakeville Area Schools, pero que desean asistir a las escuelas que están dentro del sistema de districto. El Estatuto de Minnesota 124D.03 otorga a los estudiantes de las escuelas públicas de Minnesota la posibilidad de presentar una solicitud para asistir a una escuela fuera del distritoescolar del lugar donde viven.

When do I need to apply? (Updated 12/10/19: Information Coming Soon)

Continue to monitor this page and website for when the window will open for applying for Open Enrollment and school building placement in Lakeville Area Schools for the 2020-21 school year. Due to continuing Administration discussions regarding space/school availability to ensure the best academic experience for all students and to maintain reasonable class sizes, the window will open a little later than in the past few years. We will not accept applications until that date has been made public.

Where should I attend scheduled information sessions?

While waiting for approval of a Statewide 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 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.

How do I request enrollment into Lakeville Area Schools? Please note, School Choice option in the Portal will not be available until the application date is posted.

For an existing Open Enrolled family, please use the School Choice option in your Parent Portal account to select the schools you would like to apply for. For a newly requesting family, you will need to complete and submit a paper copy of the Statewide Enrollment Options Application, or you may choose to come to the ISD 194 District Office with a valid picture ID. Please note that whether an existing or newly Open Enrolled family, you are additionally required to complete and submit a paper copy of the Statewide Enrollment Options application. Please include student’s date of birth and your email address on the application. A reminder: Open Enrolled students must provide their own transportation. Completed paper applications should be submitted to mary.moody@isd194.org

Am I required to apply every year?

Approval in to the district is permanent through your child’s graduation. However, please note that an approved application will only be valid for the duration of your child’s enrollment at the school designated on the application. When your child promotes to a new school, you will be required to submit a new application for school building placement approval. Additionally, if you change resident districts, you will need to submit a new application.

¿Tengo obligación de presentar la solicitud todos los años? La aprobación dentro del distrito es permanente hasta que el estudiante se gradúe. Sin embargo, tenga en cuenta que una solicitud aprobada solo será válida mientras dure la inscripción de su hijo en la escuela designada en la solicitud. Al ser promovido a una nueva escuela, usted deberá presentar una nueva solicitud para la aprobación de la colocación en el edificio escolar. Además, si cambia de distritos de residencia, deberá presentar una nueva solicitud.

If my child has been attending Lakeville Area Schools under the State’s Open Enrollment Agreement, which middle or high school will they attend when they promote?

We strive to allow the student to promote to the Middle or High School that the majority of their peers will attend, but evaluation of enrollment numbers each year may necessitate their enrollment to a school which will have available space, regardless of where their peers will attend. There is no guarantee as to the school your student will promote to.

Si mi hijo ha estado asistiendo a Lakeville Area Schools, en virtud del Acuerdo Estadual de Inscripción Abierta, ¿a qué escuela media o superior asistirá cuando lo promuevan?

Nos esforzamos para permitir que el estudiante pase a la escuela media o superior a la que asistirá la mayoría de sus pares, pero la evaluación de las cantidades de inscritos de cada año, puede hacer necesario que se inscriban en la escuela donde haya lugar, independientemente del lugar donde asistan los pares de su hijo. No hay garantías respecto de la escuela a la que pasará su hijo.

Forms and Information

Contact

If you have questions, please contact the Student Services Department at 952-232-2025 or Mary.Moody@isd194.org.

Contacto

Si desea hacer alguna pregunta, tenga a bien comunicarse con el Departamento de Servicios al Estudiante al 952-232-2025 o con Mary.Moody@isd194.org.