Registration Process

Contract Request/Acceptance Process

• Contracts must be requested each subsequent season. 
• Families will be given a two-week window to request a contract.
• Contracts will be assigned a priority level, based on their qualifications. Contract priority will be given if the parent/guardian has submitted a contract request during the established contract request window. 
• Contracts will be accepted in order of priority. 
• Contracts will be accepted on a space-available basis. If more contracts are requested than available at a specific site, a random computerized lottery, with no preference for contract request date, will be held.
• Contracts are accepted by family/child care account. Once one student in a family has their contract accepted, all students in that family will also be accepted into the program. 
• Contracts not approved will automatically be kept on a waiting list for consideration as space in the program becomes available. 
• Contracts requested after the contract request window will be added to the bottom of the waitlist, regardless of priority qualifications, with the exception of newly hired district employees.

Contract Request Window

Contract requests must be submitted during the established two-week window in order to receive priority acceptance.

Summer 2023
Contract request window: February 14, 8:00 am - February 27, 11:59 pm
Contract acceptance/waitlist notification to be sent out via email by the week of March 13

School Year 2023-24
Contract request window: March 28, 8:00 am - April 10, 11:59 pm
Contract acceptance/waitlist notification to be sent out via email by the week of May 1

Priority Levels

Priority One: Students of district employees 

Priority Two: Students who receive financial aid, including county child care assistance, and/or Edina Give and Go or Community Ed child care financial assistance 

Priority Three: Students entering kindergarten, up to a predetermined number at each child care site. Students entering kindergarten who are not accepted at this priority will roll into their next highest priority level. 

Priority Four: Siblings of kindergarteners with accepted contracts

Priority Five:
    a. For Summer 2023: Students who requested a contract for the 2022 summer, regardless of whether the contract was accepted or not
    b. For School Year 2023-24: Students who requested a contract for the 2022-23 school year, regardless of whether the contract was accepted or not.

Priority Six: All other students

Non School Day Care Requests

Students with an accepted school year contract will be prioritized for non school day care requests. All other non school day contracts will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Non school day care registration is available online up to ten business days before the non school day. Within ten business days, you must email your kids club site for approval to add the date.