Visiting Barton

To Prospective Parents:

You are welcome to visit Barton Open School at any time.  Our school day starts at 7:30 AM.  Students are dismissed at 1:45 PM.  Morning kindergarten is scheduled from 7:30 to 10:15 AM.  The afternoon kindergarten session runs from 11:00 AM to 1:45 PM. 

There are parent-led tours arranged for you starting in November.  If the school tour times don’t fit your schedule, please come when you can.  If you visit outside the tour times, you are asked to check-in through the main office.  We will give you a name tag and a map of the school.  You are welcome to visit as many classrooms and grade levels as you want.  The advantage of the tour is that you will have time to ask questions.  If you visit on your own, you are always welcome to call the principal after your visit if you have unanswered questions about the open school program.

The Barton School tour schedule is as follows:

Thursday, November 8 (8:30 AM)

Tuesday, November 13 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, November 29 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, December 6 (8:30 AM)

Tuesday, December 11 (8:30 AM)

Saturday, January 12 (9 AM to 2 PM)           MPS K-8 School Information Fair

Tuesday, January 15 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, January 17 (8:30 AM)

Tuesday, January 29 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, January 31 (8:30 AM)

Tuesday, February 5 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, February 7 (8:30 AM)

Tuesday, February 12 (8:30 AM)

Thursday, February 21 (8:30 AM)

You are encouraged to contact the school at 612-668-3580 to let us know what day you would like to visit and/or what day you would like to join a school tour. If there are any schedule changes that could influence your visitation, we would let you know at that time.

The District Wide K-8 School Information Fair is scheduled for Saturday, January 12, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency downtown Minneapolis.  The school fair runs from 9 AM to 2 PM.

School Request Cards for the 2008-2009 school year are due on February 29, 2008.  The cards will be available at any Minneapolis School following the School Information Fair and should be mailed directly to the district’s Student Placement Center.