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Hundreds of Wake County public school students could change schools in 2027 as part of a new reassignment plan that involves filling the district’s newest high school.
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The Wake County school system released on Thursday the first draft of the student assignment plan for the 2027-28 school year. The plan helps fill the new Morrisville High School, relieve crowding at some schools, fill seats at other schools, and in some cases send students to schools closer to where they live.
Wake has historically released assignment plans at school board meetings. But the plan was presented in a YouTube video with accompanying documentation posted online.
The plan comes at a time when overall growth in Wake has slowed. But some parts of the county are still projected to see rapid student enrollment growth.
In November, the school board approved a plan that moved up to 1,450 students for this school year.
The exact number of students who could be reassigned in the new plan hasn’t been provided yet. Overall, 50 schools are slated to send or receive students under the new assignment plan.
The public can view the plan at www.wcpss.net/2027enrollmentproposal. People can go to https://osageo.wcpss.net/enrollment-proposal-lookup to search if their address will be affected.
People can provide feedback at an online forum — https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/807229429/welcome.
Under the proposed timeline, the school board will hold a public hearing Oct. 20 The final draft is scheduled to be presented to the school board on Nov. 17 for a vote.
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The filling of Morrisville High School has a major impact on the plan. It’s leading to proposed changes in elementary and middle school assignments as well as other high schools.
Morrisville High is scheduled to open on Little Drive. It will only open with freshmen and sophomores next year before eventually growing to 1,800 students across all grade levels.
Morrisville is slated to get students from Cary, Green Hope, Leesville Road and Panther Creek high schools.
It will also create what Wake calls a “domino” effect of moving students into schools to fill up the now empty seats. This includes moving students from Green Level High to Panther Creek High and from Athens Drive High to Cary High.
When possible, Wake says it wants to keep groups of students together from kindergarten through middle school or high school. So the Morrisville High moves would lead to Morrisville and Pleasant Grove elementary schools getting students form Cedar Fork and Northwoods elementary schools.
Similar to other recommended moves, student assignment staff say Cedar Fork and Northwoods are overcrowded while Morrisville and Pleasant Grove have available seats.
Under the district’s stability rules, Wake says only students reassigned to Morrisville High will have to move — unless they have older high school siblings or are attending a specialized program. Other students facing reassignment will be able to stay at their current school if they provide their own transportation next school year.
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Other moves in the plan include: