Enroll

New to District 196

If your student receives special education support (has an IEP), please scroll down to Special Education Enrollment. 

If you are new to District 196 or have not been enrolled at a District 196 school for over one year, please complete the forms below.  The Pre-Registration is an online form that will go directly to the district office.  The other forms you may print and complete.  

New students, please complete the below forms:

• K-12 Pre-Registration (NEW STUDENTS) Form
• ALC Application for New Students
• Bus Request (must live within district 196) 
• Minnesota Language Survey
• Minnesota Ethnic and Racial Demographic Form
• Request for Records 

Please return completed forms to the Area Learning Center (ALC):

• Email Michelle.Slater; or
• Fax to 952-431-8722; or 
• Mail to 2120 Silver Bell Road, Eagan, MN 55122.

If forms are not completed and returned to the ALC prior to the New Parent/Student meeting, parent and student will receive the packet at the new student meeting and forms can be completed then.

Transfer from a District 196 School to the ALC

If your student receives special education support (has an IEP), please scroll down to Special Education Enrollment. 

General Education Enrollment information is below for students presently enrolled at a District 196 school.  If you are NEW to the District, please refer to "New to District 196" above.  Return completed forms to the Area Learning Center (ALC):

• Email Michelle.Slater;
• Fax to 952-431-8722; or 
• Mail to 2120 Silver Bell Road, Eagan, MN 55122.

If you prefer to have forms emailed to you, please contact Michelle Slater.  If forms are not completed and returned to the ALC prior to the New Parent/Student meeting, parent and student will receive the packet at the new student meeting and forms can be completed then.

  application for students currently enrolled within DISTRICT 196 

Nurse's Station

The ALC's nurse is Gina Singer. If you have any questions for Gina, please call 651-423-0655 or you may email Gina at Gina.Singer@District196.org.

Special Education Enrollment

The ALC Special Education Program provides primarily Level 1 and Level 2 services for students with documented disabilities. A full continuum of special education services is available within the regular high school settings through Level 3. District 196 provides Level 4 Special Education Services at Dakota Ridge School.

If a prospective student currently receives special education services, please have the student’s case manager contact Tonia Dukart or Michelle Slater to schedule an Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting with special education team members present from both schools.  Tonia Dukart's email is Tonia.Dukart@district196.org and Michelle Slater's email is Michelle.Slater@district196.org.  Best practice is to have the IEP meeting prior to the student beginning school at the Area Learning Center. For students with an IEP, two steps must occur no less than two days before the term's New Student Informational Meeting date:

• Step 1 - The ALC Special Education Team must receive and review copies of your most recent IEP and evaluation report, and speak with your current case manager about your intent to transfer. PLEASE ASK YOUR CURRENT CASE MANAGER TO CONTACT THE ALC SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM. FAX THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK AS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
• Step 2 - Unless you are transferring from another ALC (or outside the south metro area), your current case manager must arrange an IEP meeting, inviting an ALC Special Education Representative, to determine as a team whether or not the ALC can accommodate your special education services/needs, as specified in your IEP.