Attendance Boundary Change Process
Over the next several months, elementary and middle school attendance boundaries will be reviewed to determine needed changes. These adjustments will reassign the elementary and/or middle school some households are zoned to attend. Our community’s support of Building a Better Future in 2023 is helping to minimize the extent of the changes.
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Have a question? Submit it to BetterFuture@district279.org or call 763-391-8990.
Frequently Asked Questions
A community advisory group called the Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee (ECMAC) has continued to study student enrollment, capacity and building use. In recent years the group has found that there is significant growth in portions of the district. Future housing and redevelopment are expected in these same areas. There are also some district facilities under capacity and in need of being addressed.
Community members, families and staff will all have a chance to be involved in the attendance boundary process, including helping to determine parameters, specific impacts, etc. These opportunities will be shared in district, elementary and middle school communications including email and text. The latest updates will also be available via district279.org/boundaries.
Tentative timeline:
- Sept 2024: Community opportunity to provide feedback on potential parameters.
- Oct-Dec 2024: Possible scenarios developed based on parameters.
- Jan 2025: Community opportunity to provide feedback on possible scenarios digitally and via informational meetings.
- Feb-April/May 2025: Community feedback reviewed. Adjustments considered. Additional feedback opportunities considered.
- April/May 2025: Final attendance boundaries announced.
The criteria that will be used to determine the proposed scenarios is being developed now. Staff, students, parents/caregivers and community members are welcome to provide their preferred criteria via this ThoughtExchange running until Oct. 9.
This attendance boundary change process will create more balanced, similarly-sized classes throughout the district – especially for our elementary classes and core classes at middle school like English, math and science. In other words classes that are reaching the higher end of the class size targets will not be hitting these limits quite so much.
Open enrollment allows students from outside our district boundaries to attend our schools. This is a statewide offering and thus has specific requirements/processes.
In-district transfer provides current community members the opportunity to transfer their student(s) to a different school within the district.
No. The Osseo Area Schools attendance boundaries alongside other school districts are not changing. This means school district household assignments will continue as they are today. So if you're not an Osseo Area Schools household that will continue to be the case moving forward.
District attendance boundary changes are time consuming and difficult to achieve as it requires approval from the Minnesota legislature and surrounding districts.
Details on the new elementary school being added in the northwest corner of Maple Grove and other Building a Better Future facility improvements throughout the district can be found at district279.org/BetterFuture.
This webpage has the most detailed information. If you don't see an answer to your question, please reach out to one of our two hotlines: BetterFuture@district279.org or 763-391-8990.
Regular updates will also be shared via email and text. Additionally, community informational meetings will be held after winter break (in person and virtually).