Due to the steady growth at the elementary level over the past seven years, the opening of Highview Elementary, and forecasted growth at the middle and high school level, a district-wide boundary adjustment is necessary at this time. The District has not adjusted attendance areas district-wide since 2005 and last adjusted elementary boundaries in 2010. As the District has grown over time, attendance areas were adjusted to accommodate new neighborhoods without impacting district-wide attendance areas. 

New attendance area boundaries were developed in collaboration with our school community via a thorough and detailed process led by Teamworks International, a K-12 education consulting group. Factors that were considered are included in the that was created and approved by the Board of Education to guide the attendance area adjustment process. 

The attendance area adjustments were created through three phases:

1. Planning Phase (Fall 2023)
2. Design Phase (Late Fall 2023 through February 2024)
3. Finalize/Implement Phase (February through Spring 2024)

As part of the Design Phase, all parents/guardians and school community members had the opportunity to provide input on the options via stakeholder feedback forms (Google Form) three times during the process. 

The District plans to open Highview Elementary School in fall 2024 and elementary boundary adjustments will be necessary in order to open the new school. Boundary adjustments for grades K-8 will take effect beginning in the 2024-25 school year, while high school boundaries remain unchanged.

The image below demonstrates the Lakeville Area Schools for the 2024-25 school year. There is also a Interactive that most families can use to identify where their student will attend school. 

Generally, the boundary lines are designed to follow main roads and natural barriers. To confirm your student’s school assignment for the 2024-25 school year, most families can enter their home address using the ‘Interactive Attendance Area Map Tool’ on the District’s Map & Attendance Boundaries webpage.

Schools will support students and families throughout this transition. We understand that attending a new school may be nerve-wracking for many of our students. To address this, schools will host informational sessions for impacted families to familiarize themselves with the new building, and meet new classmates and teachers.

Additionally, the District has created a for navigating boundary changes with your student.

In general, new intra-district transfer applications are paused for PreK-8 students for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, with limited exceptions. Information about the 2024-25 intra-district transfer process for high school students and for special circumstances, is available on district's Intra-District Transfer webpage. 

The District is making every effort to align the continuum of special education programming with the values described in the School Board’s Guiding Change Document. As a result, some programming locations could be changed or affected following the approved boundary changes. District special education administration is working diligently to ensure students receive their free and appropriate public education via their individualized education plans (IEPs). More information will be shared with families of students receiving special education services once those determinations are made final.

Learn more here. 

Current intra-district transfer, open enrolled, Ignite!, and Impact Academy students will remain enrolled in their current school building, unless they opt-out to attend their neighborhood school by emailing enroll@isd194.org.

In order to streamline the enrollment process, students entering 6th or 9th grade do not need to reapply for Intra-District transfer. Instead, these students will continue on with their peers on the . 

Additional questions/answers related to intra-district transfer, open enrolled, Ignite! and Impact Academy students can be found here.

Intra-district Transfers (also known as intra-district enrollment) refers to students who live in the Lakeville Area Schools district boundary area but are enrolled in a school other than the one assigned to their residence.

Open-Enrollment is a process that allows families who do not live within the Lakeville Area Schools district boundaries to apply to enroll their child(ren) within one of our schools.

Students entering 5th and 8th grades during the 2024-25 school year will not be grandfathered in to stay at their existing school (if their neighborhood school changes) due to a variety of considerations, including: staffing timeline requirements; transportation costs; and the need to address the district's urgent capacity issues.

In general, new intra-district transfer applications are paused for PreK-8 students for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, with limited exceptions. Information about the 2024-25 intra-district transfer process for high school students and for special circumstances is available on district's Intra-District Transfer webpage. 

Intra-district Transfers (also known as intra-district enrollment) refers to students who live in the Lakeville Area Schools district boundary area but are enrolled in a school other than the one assigned to their residence.

Open-Enrollment is a process that allows families who do not live within the Lakeville Area Schools district boundaries to apply to enroll their child(ren) within one of our schools.

Your 2024-25 Kid Zone site should be selected by your current ‘23-’24 school year assignment. The Kid Zone administrative staff will move your student to the appropriate site if a move is needed. This information will be sent via confirmation after the shift has been made. Final approval of placement is pending based on site space and staff availability.

Teamworks International and the District worked closely with its contracted bus company, Schmitty and Sons, to ensure that attendance area design models meet transportation requirements. Updated transportation zone information for affected attendance areas will be provided in spring 2024. Bus stop/route information will continue to be communicated one week prior to the start of school as in years past. 

The school district has and will continue to communicate updates regarding the attendance area adjustment process with the school community via this webpage, 194Now e-newsletter, individual school e-newsletters, direct emails and text messaging, and the Student Focused, Community Connected community newsletter. Updates will also be provided to the School Board through its regular business meetings.