Student Assignment
School placement and enrollment policies
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Wake schools releases reassignment proposal. See who could be affected
The plan focuses on the opening of the new Morrisville High School, easing continuing crowding in several Wake schools, and changing where some affected families can apply to go if they want a different school calendar.
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Wake County approves new student reassignment plan to ease overcrowding. Which schools are impacted
The changes are primarily recommended to fill up one new elementary school and to reduce overcrowding at other schools. The proposal also includes changes to which schools a student can apply to for a different calendar.
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Wake schools reassignment plan unanimously approved by school board
Most families aren't affected, but four new schools and an expanded school opening in southwestern Wake is triggering a change for hundreds of families.
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Calendar mismatches, commutes frustrate Wake parents facing reassignment
The opening of four new schools in western Wake County is bringing many parents to the school board and a petition -- largely from the fast-growing Apex area, where families don't want to be moved to different schools.
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Wake Schools adjusts reassignment plan for next year, some families still pushing for changes
More families would be able to stay at their current school next year under a revised student assignment plan proposed by the Wake County Public School System on Tuesday.
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Wake school board approves moving 1,600 students to new schools next year under approved reassignment plan
Affected families can apply next week to stay at their current school. What school board members had to say about the changes
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'There's got to be a better solution': School reassignment plan rankles Wake families once again
Moving students to different schools is a regular part of the school experience in fast-growing Wake County. Many parents object to a new plan that could affect thousands of students. School system officials say their hands are tied.
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Wake Schools is sticking with its reassignment proposal
Families asked for changes, but the school system isn't planning to make any. The proposed assignment plan for next year would move a few thousand students from 21 schools.
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Wake County School district proposes to move students from 21 schools
A draft student assignment plan would affect fewer schools than in recent years and focus less on filling under-enrolled schools.
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Wake capping new elementary school, uncapping another school
One of the Wake County Public School System's newest elementary schools is now capped to newcomers, because it's already overcrowded.
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Wake school board approves student assignment plan for next year
The plan moves around some students for shorter commutes and more even population distribution, though no new schools are opening next year.
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Wake schools releases second draft of student assignment plan
The update adds three new schools. A public hearing will be held Nov. 10. See whether your school is affected.
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About 1 in 5 Wake schools up for some reassignment next year
Wake County Public School System officials have unveiled their first draft of next year's enrollment plan and want public feedback on it.
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Starting in 23-24, Durham Public Schools will assign students by region
The new assignment plan, part of the "Growing Together Initiative," will place schools into regions that are demographically comparable in terms of race and socioeconomic status.
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Wake considering enrollment caps at 4 more schools
For schools with steadier enrollment, the board is considering removing caps for two and calendar changes for three.
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New student assignment plan moves fewer Wake students next year
The plan is the third and final iteration of the 2022-23 "enrollment plan."
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Wake school leaders unveil second draft reassignment plan for 2022-23
The second draft of next year's enrollment plan for the Wake County Public School System includes few changes from the first draft proposed in October.
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'This is not easy': Wake school board approves reassignment plan despite outcry from some parents
The Wake County Board of Education unanimously approved the 2020-21 school assignment plan Tuesday despite outcry from some families who asked that their children not be moved to different schools.
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Wake releases new school assignment proposal. Could your children be affected?
As the Wake County Public School System prepares to open two new schools, district leaders released the first draft of a new 2020-21 school assignment plan Tuesday that could affect thousands of students.
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Wake Schools planned for 1,900 new students this year. Instead, it was 42
The shrinking student enrollment growth in Wake County will be part of a discussion Tuesday at district headquarters.
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Reassignment: Morrisville parents frustrated at switch to year-round school
On Tuesday, Wake County parents will get a chance to see the revised student re-assignment plan.
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Wake County begins planning for student assignment in 2019-20
The Wake County Board of Education on Tuesday took up the always-contentious issue of student assignment.
