Application Process

Now that the boundary decisions have final approval from the school board. We will be moving forward with a modified application process for Impact Academy for the 2024-25 school year.

A portion of our attendance area has been shifted to other schools and we are going to reopen our application process this week to make sure that everyone currently at OLE who has an interest in Impact Academy has the opportunity to apply for the random selection process.

Current Impact Academy Families

If you remain in the Orchard Lake attendance area and are currently enrolled in Impact Academy, you do not need to respond. We will follow our past practice of assigning you within Impact Academy

Current Impact Academy Families who have been shifted to a new attendance area school

Impact Academy falls into the special circumstances defined by administration and you are able to remain in Impact Academy but transportation will not be provided. This only applies to Impact Academy Placement. We will need you to complete an intra-district transfer form. The office will send you directly the form to complete via email.

Families who completed the Impact Academy Interest Form in January

We will use the information you provided in January as an application for Impact Academy. We will conduct the random selection process on March 11th and notify families of their enrollment or wait list status on Wednesday, March 13th.

Families who would like to complete an application to be part of the Impact Academy will have an opportunity March 4th-March 11th to complete the application form.

We will conduct the random selection process on March 11th and notify families of their enrollment or wait list status on Wednesday, March 13th. If your student(s) wishes to enroll in Impact Academy, please complete this form by March 11th, 2024. English Application Form, Spanish Application Form

Current Kindergarten families who apply to Impact Academy

If during the random selection process, your student is enrolled and you will be shifting to a new attendance area for the 2024-25 school year. You will need to provide transportation and the office will provide you with the intra district transfer form.

All other Orchard Lake Families

You do not need to respond to any of this information if you want to remain in standard classrooms at Orchard Lake and the boundary change doesn’t affect your family.

If you have any questions, please contact marilynn.smith@isd194.org

2024-25 Application Process

Primary Goals of the Enrollment Process

The Impact Academy program at Orchard Lake Elementary will attempt to reflect the demographic composition of the current attendance area for student enrollment. The equity application pool provides for identification of applications that support the goal of the Impact program, reflecting the demographic composition of the attendance for student enrollment. Impact Academy program grade levels will meet the class size guidelines as designated by the school board.

1st Grade: 24 students
2nd Grade: 28 students
3rd Grade: 30 students
4th and 5th Grade: 32 students

For Orchard Lake Elementary Families

For OLE families currently enrolled in Kindergarten

Families who currently attend Orchard Lake Elementary who have intra-district enrolled into Orchard Lake Elementary from outside the attendance area will have standard enrollment status for the 2024-25 school year.
All current OLE kindergarten families are eligible to apply for the Impact program.
If applications exceed available space, a waiting list will be generated and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
Applications will NOT be handled on a first-come, first serve basis. There will be a random selection process conducted the week of March 4-8, 2024.
85% of the total open seats each year will be reserved for OLE enrolled students.
After March 22nd, 2024 any remaining seats allocated to OLE families will be allocated to ISD 194 residents.
If seats remain open after the wait lists have been cleared, an additional application process may be opened the week of March 4-8, 2024.
Special education services are available in the Impact program. However, based on the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and level of need, a different placement may be determined by the school personnel and parents.

Terms and Conditions for Orchard Lake Families currently enrolled in grades First through Fourth Grade

Families who currently attend OLE who have intra-district enrolled into Orchard Lake Elementary from outside the attendance area will have standard enrollment status for the 2024-25 school year.
All current OLE 1st-4th grade families are eligible to apply for the Impact program.
If applications exceed available space, a waiting list will be generated and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
Applications will NOT be handled on a first-come, first serve basis. There will be a random selection process conducted the week of March 4-8, 2024.
85% of the total open seats each year will be reserved for students currently enrolled in or slated to attend OLE due to anticipated boundary changes.
Special education services are available in the Impact program. However, based on the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and level of need, a different placement may be determined by the school personnel and parents.

Sibling Preference

Sibling preference will be offered to families based on space available at each grade.
Sibling preference is granted when a sibling is currently enrolled in the Impact program.
Siblings need to complete an application in order to be granted preference.
If all siblings are new to Orchard Lake Elementary, sibling preference does not apply.

For District Families Outside Orchard Lake Attendance Area

Terms and Conditions for Lakeville Area Schools Residents not in the Orchard Lake Elementary attendance area and not currently intra-district enrolled at OLE

Interested families should apply using the same process as OLE families.
If applications exceed available space, a waiting list will be generated and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
If applications exceed available space, a waiting list will be generated by grade level and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
Applications will NOT be handled on a first-come, first serve basis. There will be a random selection process conducted the week of March 4-8, 2024.
10% of the total open seats each year will be reserved for ISD194 families who are not already enrolled at OLE.
After March 4, 2024 any remaining seats allocated to ISD194 families will be allocated to Open Enrollment families.
If seats remain open after the wait lists have been cleared, an additional application process may be opened the week of March 4-8, 2024.
Special education services are available in the Impact program. However, based on the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and level of need, a different placement may be determined by the school personnel and parents.
Siblings need to complete an application in order to be considered based on space available.

For Open Enrollment Families Outside District

Terms and Conditions for Open Enrollment families outside of Lakeville Area Schools

Interested families should apply using the same process as OLE families.
If applications exceed available space, a waiting list will be generated and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
Applications will NOT be handled on a first-come, first serve basis. There will be a random selection process conducted the week of March 4-8th, 2024 or pending final approval of boundary decisions.
5% of the total open seats for each year will be reserved for Open Enrollment students.
After March 22, 2024 any remaining seats allocated to outside of district families will be reserved for OLE attendance area students who move into the attendance area.
Special education services are available at Impact Academy at Orchard Lake Elementary. However, based on the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and level of need, a different placement may be determined by the school personnel and parents.

Timeline:

Marketing and Parent Outreach to families from January 2024-February 2024.

Applications will be accepted from January 16, 2024, to February 2, 2024.

A random selection process will be conducted the week of March 4-8, 2024
Families will be notified of placement or wait-list status on March 8, 2024, or pending final approval of Boundary Decisions
2024-25 wait lists will remain open until September 13, 2024. At that time, the wait lists will be dissolved. Interested applicants will need to reapply in the 2025-26 cycle.

Application Timeline:

Applications for the 24-25 school year are re-open through March 11th.

Application Types

Equity Application Pool: (Application Needed)

You must be a resident of Lakeville Area Schools in order to be eligible for the equity pool.

Families who identify one of the following indicators in addition to residing within the Lakeville Area School district boundaries will qualify for the Equity pool.

Students who identify a language other than English as their home language
Family qualifies for Free or Reduced Lunch

Standard Application Pool: (Application Needed)

Sibling preference is granted when space is available.
If the criteria for Equity Application Pool are not met, applications will be considered standard pool applications.

Random Selection Process

Random Selection Process for the Impact program at Orchard Lake Elementary:

Orchard Lake Elementary will determine the number of seats available per grade for the random selection process as designated in the Terms and Conditions. Available spaces will be allocated to applicant pools based on alignment to the enrollment goal of having Impact program enrollment demographics that reflect the attendance area population as a whole.
Orchard Lake Elementary will determine the number of seats available per grade for outside of attendance area and open enrollment applications as designated by the Terms and Conditions. Available spaces will be allocated to applicant pools based on alignment to the enrollment goal of having Impact program enrollment demographics that reflect the attendance area population as a whole.
When determining the number of seats available results in a fraction, the equity applicant pool enrollment number will be rounded up. Example: 26% of 24 available seats is 6.24 so 7 seats would be allocated to the equity applicant pool and 14 seats to the standard applicant pool.
Placements will occur using a random selection process. Actual allocations will be determined on an annual basis. A sample of typical statewide data for the application pools are:
1. 26% of the available spaces for Equity Application Pool
2. 74% of the available spaces for the Standard Application Pool
The equity pool applications selection process will be conducted first. In the event that applications remain after all allocated seats have been filled, those applications will be moved to the standard application pool.
The standard applications selection process will be conducted after the equity pool is complete. There will be a ISD 194 Intra-district enrollment allocation and Open Enrollment allocation of open seats.
In the event that all the available spaces for Open Enrollment families do not fill after completion of step 7 and ISD194 residents remain on the waiting list, the waiting list will be used to fill any available spaces held for Open Enrollment families after February 16, 2024.
In the event that all the available spaces for ISD194 families do not fill after completion of step 7 and Open Enrollment families remain on the waiting list, the waiting list will be used to fill any available spaces held for ISD194 families after February 16, 2024.
Once the first selection process is complete and all wait list families have been enrolled, an additional application process may be opened the week of March 4-8, 2024 pending final boundary decision approval. If applications exceed space, a new wait list will be generated and families will be notified of their status as space is available.
After the second selection process, any additional applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis when space allows.
Wait lists will dissolve at a designated date, usually the end of the second week of school. Wait list families are encouraged to apply again for the following school year.

Are you interested in Impact Academy? This is now re-opened through March 11th.

Contact Us

Samantha Carlson
Orchard Lake Elementary Principal
samantha.carlson@isd194.org
952-232-2100

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