open enrollment 

Application Process

Complete the Statewide Enrollment Options Form and return to Student Information Services via email studentinfo@sspps.org or mail to:

District Office
South St. Paul Public Schools
104 5th Avenue South,
South St. Paul, MN 55075

Download the Statewide Enrollment Options forms (You must download the form before filling it out):

• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Statewide Enrollment Options - English
• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Statewide Enrollment Options - Spanish
   
• K-12 and ECSE Statewide Enrollment Options - English
• K-12 and ECSE Statewide Enrollment Options - Spanish

An application must be completed for each student. The parent/guardian address section must contain an address in the state of Minnesota.

Please note the information contained within Policy 509 concerning admission. Open Enrollment legislation requires you to discuss your reason(s) for leaving with an assigned staff person in the school your student is currently attending. Usually this is with a counselor or principal.

Resident District Notification

Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified on your open enrolled status by building staff.

South St. Paul students are assigned to an elementary school based on established attendance boundaries. The intradistrict transfer process for elementary schools provides the opportunity for families to request to have students attend a school other than the one assigned by attendance boundaries. 

If your request is approved:

• Transportation:  transportation arrangements are the responsibility of the parent/guardian. Transportation will not be provided by the district if your child is approved to attend an elementary school outside of your assigned attendance zone. If you have questions regarding transportation, please contact our Transportation Office at (651) 457-9472 or eryan@sspps.org.
• Re-Application: It should not be necessary for you to reapply annually for a boundary transfer request during your children’s elementary years. However, the District maintains the right to require reapplication if enrollment growth makes it necessary. You will be notified if this occurs.

Apply for intradistrict transfer

If you wish to request a transfer of your child to another elementary school within South St. Paul Schools, please download the following form and submit completed form to either an elementary building Office or the District Office, 104 – 5th Avenue South, South St. Paul, MN  55075.   

• Intradistrict Transfer Form - English
• Intradistrict Transfer Form - Spanish

You will be expected to contact your school office in the future if your student(s) will not continue to attend the desired school you requested or you move from your current address.

Homeschool

Home schooling is an alternative option to public or traditional private school attendance. Public Online Learning is not home school. A parent may choose to home school their child(ren) at any time during the school year, however, the parent must register their intent to home school in the district in which they live within 15 days of withdrawing their child from public school. 

Home school families in South St. Paul School District should receive a letter in August from the district that will assist them in submitting the necessary forms for the following school year.  There are steps that need to be taken in order to register a home school within the school district:

• Home School Initial Registration
  This form is to be printed, completed by the parent and mailed or submitted electronically to resident school superintendents by October 1 of each year, or within 15 days of withdrawing a child from public school in order to home school. 
   
• Letter of Intent to Continue Home Schooling
  This form is to be printed, completed by the parent and mailed or submitted electronically to resident school superintendents by October 1 of each year after the parent has provided the same district with an Initial Registration form. 
   
• Student Immunization Record
  This form is to be printed, completed by the parent or health care provider and must be sent along with the Initial Registration form or Letter of Intent to Continue form. The Minnesota Department of Health provides helpful information regarding school immunization laws in Minnesota. The law does include home schools. 

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has determined that home schools are private schools that provide their own curriculum, transcripts and diplomas. MDE does not vouch for or certify curriculum, transcripts or diplomas. South St. Paul School District cannot provide curriculum, transcripts or diplomas for home school students. 

The State of Minnesota requires nationally norm-referenced standardized achievement examinations for home schooled students each year. Minnesota Statewide Testing Program through the University of Minnesota is one source that provides testing materials for home school educators in Minnesota. 

Minnesota Statewide Testing Program
University of Minnesota
879 – 29^th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 626-1803

See page 4 on MDE’s Home School Questions and Answers document below for additional information on home school assessment requirements and resources.

Forms 

Completed forms should be submitted by September 15:

• Request for District Secondary Guidance/Counseling Services
• Request for District Pupil Health Services
• Request for Textbooks, Standardized Tests and Individual Instructional Materials

Questions? 

Please contact the district’s Home School Liaison at (651) 457-9470. Helpful information is also located on MDE’s website under Nonpublic and Homeschools. 

ECFE/PRESCHOOL

ECFE is for all families in the South St. Paul School District with children from birth to kindergarten. Classes for our youngest learners and families take place at the South St. Paul Family Education Center located at 104 5th Avenue South, South St. Paul, MN 55075.

For more information on ECFE or to receive a copy of our program brochure, please contact the SSP Family Education Center at (651) 457-9418.

Learn more about early learning in South St. Paul

Registration

Register online at tridistrict.ce.eleyo.com or contact the Family Education Center at (651) 457-9418.

Immunization Requirement

Minnesota requires all children entering child care, early childhood programs, and elementary or secondary schools (public or private), have up-to-date immunizations on file with the provider. Children enrolled in SSD 6 ECFE programs will be required to provide a copy of an immunization record for each child enrolled prior to the child attending the program. 

The school district will follow up on every child enrolled as required by law. You may use the print out from your physician's office or download the student immunization form above to record your child's immunizations. You must bring your child's immunization record the first day of class. Any child who does not have up-to-date immunizations on the first day of class will not be allowed to attend.

School Census

If you have moved to our community, we want to ensure you receive information about early childhood screenings, preschool, and kindergarten registrations at the appropriate times. Please complete the school census form so the district can inform you of programs such as:

• Home Visits
• Early Childhood Family Education classes for both parent and child
• Early Childhood Screening (required by law before kindergarten attendance)
• School Readiness Programs
• Community Preschool Registration
• Kindergarten Registration

Download the School Census form and return the completed form to ECFE at ECFE@sspps.org. The information you provide will be used for District purposes only.