The Choice
Is Yours
- Providing Students with Greater Access to Open Enrollment
The Choice Is Yours is a program that gives low-income Minneapolis families more options to attend suburban schools. The districts participating in The Choice Is Yours are part of the West Metro Education Program (WMEP).
All Minneapolis students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch may participate in the program. Minneapolis students attending suburban schools through The Choice Is Yours program receive free transportation to and from their suburban schools.
More information about The Choice Is Yours program is available by calling 1-877-766-5485 or by contacting the suburban district you are interested in. The contact information for these districts is listed below:
Disricts available to residents of North Minneapolis:
Columbia Heights Public Schools
Mary Pettis, 763-528-4504
Robbinsdale Area Schools
Program Director for Equity & Integration, 763-504-8026
St. Anthony/New Brighton Schools
Susan Bodurtha, 612-706-1002
Hopkins Public Schools
Patricia Wright, 952-988-4003
St. Louis Park Public Schools
Lynda Stanley, 952-928-6023
Wayzata School District
Lois Robbins, 763-745-5065
Disricts available to residents of South Minneapolis:
Richfield Public Schools
Lindee Martin, 612-798-6012
Eden Prairie Public Schools
Ricardo Jones, 952-975-7067
Edina Public Schools
Mary Manderfield, 952-848-4961
WMEP Family & Community Liaison
Anthony Galloway, 952-848-4098