Will phasing-in or any special considerations be made?

There will be special considerations for fifth and eighth grade students in the 2026-27 school year. These students will have the opportunity to maintain enrollment at their currently assigned school. If families with fifth and eighth graders decide to stay at their current school, transportation will be the responsibility of the family.

School board Procedure 558, Enrollment Options Program prohibits the district from offering in-district transfer to impacted schools during attendance boundary transition years. That means new in-district transfer requests won’t be allowed at district elementary and middle schools through the 2026-27 school year. Again, the only exception to this is students who will be in fifth or eighth grade in the 2026-27 school year. 

Please note, students residing within the district can always apply to district magnet schools via Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD). That would be the case for Birch Grove, Weaver Lake and Zanewood elementary schools as well as Brooklyn Middle STEAM School. NWSISD is accepting applications through Dec. 17, 2025 for its first lottery. More info at nws.k12.mn.us.

*In-district transfer provides current community members the opportunity to transfer their student(s) to a school other than their assigned school within the district. Whereas open enrollment allows students from outside our district boundaries to attend our schools. Open enrollment is a statewide offering and thus has specific requirements/processes.