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Welcome to the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District. We look forward to partnering with you in your child’s education. Online registration opens each year on February 1 for the following school year.
New Family Registration
This registration process is for families who do not have any students currently attending DCG schools. Please use a laptop or desktop computer to complete the online registration. Mobile devices are not compatible with this process. If you need access to a computer, a kiosk is available at our District Office. Please contact the registrar to setup an appointment by calling 515.992.3866 or email her at deanna.sandegren@dcgschools.com.
Once you have submitted your completed application, please allow two business days for the information to be processed. Your child’s building of attendance will email you with additional information.
Request your Infinite Campus Parent Portal by clicking here. Please note, if you are registering for the upcoming school year, your portal will be active on July 1st. If you are registering during the current school year, your portal will be active on your child’s 1st day of attendance.
Fees are available, to be paid through RevTrak Online Payments. An email with account setup directions will be sent to you upon registration approval. If you are registering for the upcoming school year, RevTrak will be available to you after July 6th. If you are registering for the current school year, it will be available 2 days after your child’s 1st day of attendance.
Preschool Registration – Registration period is February 1 – February 18 for the following school year. 3 year old registrations submitted during this time will be eligible for a random selection to fill available openings. After February 18th, please email stephanie.birmingham@
4-year-old registrations submitted between February 1-February 18 will typically be placed, however, if more registrations are received than anticipated, we will create a waiting list. After February 18th, complete the online registration and you will then be notified of your status from the preschool department.
Existing Family Registration
This registration is for families who currently have students attending DCG schools. Register your child by following the instructions provided below. Please use a laptop or desktop computer to complete the online registration. Mobile devices are not compatible with this process. If you need access to a computer, a kiosk is available at our District Office. Please contact the registrar to setup an appointment by calling 515.992.3866 or email her at deanna.sandegren@dcgschools.com.
Athletics and Activities Registration
Click here to learn more to register for DCG Athletics and Activities. Registration begins annually on July 1.
If you have questions, please contact Shauna Pertzsch at the High School 515.986.9747 or shauna.pertzsch@dcgschools.com
Open Enrollment
The Iowa Open Enrollment Law allows parents/guardians to enroll their student in a public school district other than their district of residence by completing an open enrollment application. A form must be filed with the district you choose to attend. You may apply for open enrollment at any time.
The receiving district may deny an open enrollment request if one of the following applies:
Please send open enrollment forms to:
OR
Open Enrollment Form 2022-2023 & 2023-2024
Click here for open enrollment information from the Iowa Department of Education.
Open Enrollment FAQ
Does an application need to be filed for each individual student? – For each student in Opt Kindergarten – 12th Grade.
Does an OE application need to be filed on an annual basis? – No. Once an application is approved, your student may continue in the district until they graduate or you move from your resident district?
Can I choose which building my student will attend? – Students approved for open enrollment status will be assigned to a school in which space is available in their grade level. Every effort is made to place students in their school of choice AND with their siblings.
Is there any cost involved? – The resident school district will be responsible for paying the cost of tuition on an annual basis for your student to attend school in the receiving district. However, all miscellaneous registration fees for the participation in the educational programs (extra-curricular activities, school supplies, etc.) are the responsibility of the parents/guardians.
Can my request be denied? – Open enrollment requests are denied if appropriate special education programming is not available, if there is not classroom space for the student, or if the student is under suspension or expulsion.
Do we need to request open enrollment if we move out of the district and want our student to remain in the same school district? – Yes.
Does open enrollment affect athletic eligibility? – Please contact the school Athletic Director for information regarding the varsity 90 school day ineligibility period for open enrolled students.
Can an 11th or 12th grade student complete their education at the resident district if their family moves to another district? – Yes. According to Iowa Code 257.6(d), non-resident 11th and 12th grade students who were residents of the district during the preceding school year may be enrolled in that district until they graduate. An open enrollment application is not required.
Homeschool Information
Private instruction means instruction using a plan and a course of study in a setting other than a public or organized accredited nonpublic school. Iowa Code section 299A.1 (2) (c). It includes competent private instruction (by a licensed practitioner or a non-licensed person), independent private instruction, home school assistance programs, and non-accredited nonpublic schools. Click here for homeschool information from the Iowa Department of Education.
Competent Private Instruction (CPI) is private instruction provided on a daily basis for at least one hundred forty-eight days during a school year, to be met by attendance for at least thirty-seven days each school quarter, by or under the supervision of a licensed practitioner in the manner provided under Iowa Code section 299A.2 and this chapter, or other person under Iowa Code section 299A.3 and this chapter, which results in the student making adequate progress. The CPI category includes home schooled children who are not enrolled in independent private instruction and those in non-accredited nonpublic “schools.” 281-IAC chapter 31.
Under Option 1 a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian simply completes the report of Competent Private Instruction (Form A- available from district of residence) and returns it to the resident district by September 1or within 14 days of commencing CPl.
NOTE: However, if a child has been identified as requiring special education programs or services, prior written approval must be obtained from the special education director of the Area Education Agency (AEA) in which the child resides before the child may be home schooled or enrolled in a non-accredited nonpublic “school.” This consent is not required if the parent, guardian, legal, or actual custodian does not consent to initial evaluation or to reevaluation of the child for receipt of special education services or programs. Iowa Code sections 299.4, 299A.9; 281-IAC rules 31.5(1) (f), 31.10.
Under Option 2 a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian may meet, but is not required to meet, all of the following requirements:
This is known as the “private instruction exemption.”
A parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian who chooses Option 2 with no reporting under the private instruction exemption relinquishes the ability to dual enroll for academics, extracurricular activities, or special education services. Dual enrollment requires compliance with the reporting requirements of Iowa Code section 299.4 and the assessment requirements of 299A.4. A parent who dual enrolls for academics, athletics, or special education services relinquishes the option to utilize the private instruction exemption, and must complete Form A.
A parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian who chooses Option 2 and chooses not to report to the district may wish to provide the district notice of the decision to use the private instruction exemption. Doing so will create a presumption that a child of compulsory attendance age is in compliance with the compulsory attendance requirements of Iowa Code Chapter 299.
NOTE, however, if a child has been identified as requiring special education programs or services, prior written approval must be obtained from the special education director of the Area Education Agency (AEA) in which the child resides before the child may be home schooled or enrolled in a non-accredited nonpublic “school.” This consent is not required if the parent, guardian, legal, or actual custodian does not consent to initial evaluation or to reevaluation of the child for receipt of special education services or programs. Iowa Code sections 299.4, 299A .9;281-IAC rules 31.5(f),31.10.
Independent Private Instruction (IPI) means instruction that meets the following criteria:
Mary Jane Stites, Student Services Director : maryjane.stites@dcgschools.com
Deanna Sandegren, Registrar : deanna.sandegren@dcgschools.com : 515.992.3866
Click here for Transportation information including bus routes.
Click here for Kindergarten information.
Click here for preschool information.
Click here to learn more about DCG Nutrition.
Frequently Used Links for DCG schools.