Reimagine 2025

Get ready for elementary boundary changes

Step 1 - Know your school - All elementary families

1. Look on the maps or look up your home address to see which school is your assigned elementary school.
2. If your assigned school is the school your students currently attend or plan to attend, nothing further needs to be done.

Step 2 - Evaluate your options - My assigned school has changed, now what? 

Option 1: Your student changes schools to their newly assigned school

• Busing is provided
• No additional paperwork required, we will transfer their enrollment to their new school

Option 2: Continue to have your student attend their current school

• Busing will not be provided
• Families must fill out an In-District Transfer Request Form. Form must be filled out prior to March 1, 2026 for guaranteed placement. Forms received after March 1, 2026 will be approved only if space is available.

Special Circumstances:

Current In-District Transfer students already attending an elementary school outside their attendance boundary

If your student currently attends an elementary school that is outside of your elementary school attendance area, please complete the following steps:

1. Check whether or not your home address is now within your preferred school’s boundaries. If it is within the new boundary, your students will continue attending that school, and busing will be available.
2. If your home address remains outside of the boundary of your preferred elementary school, please fill out an In-District Transfer form prior to March 1, 2026 (even if you have filled one out for previous years). School staff will use the form to ensure that your child is enrolled in the correct school for next year.

Spanish Immersion student - Currently attending Forest View Elementary

Students attending Spanish Immersion at Forest View Elementary may continue attending the Spanish Immersion program at Forest View Elementary and busing will be provided from any home address within the Forest Lake Area Schools district boundary.

Spanish Immersion student - Currently attending Lino Lakes Elementary

The Spanish Immersion program will be moving to Forest View Elementary beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Families currently attending Spanish Immersion at Lino Lakes Elementary can choose from the following options:

• Attend the Spanish Immersion program at Forest View (busing provided from any home address within Forest Lake Area Schools district boundary)
• Attend the elementary school they are assigned to based on home address and busing will be provided
• Continue attending Lino Lakes Elementary in a non-immersion classroom (busing will be provided from any home address within the Lino Lakes Elementary attendance area). Busing will not be provided if your child's assigned elementary is not Lino Lakes Elementary.

Special education students in specific placements

A small number of special education students have been placed in a specific elementary school based on the district’s ability to provide certain needed services at that school. Those students will continue to be served within the school building that has the services and staff who can best meet their needs. Our special education team will communicate with families in this situation.

Students who are open enrolled from outside the district

Students who live within another school district but attend school within Forest Lake Area Schools will not see any changes to their current enrollment. Our overall district boundaries have not changed. Open enrolled students do not need to re-apply for open enrollment and they may continue to attend at their current school. Transportation may be available on a limited basis with prior approval.