The Wake County Public School System gained more than 7,500 new students for 2006-07 – more than every man, woman and child in the Town of Knightdale. Estimates show WCPSS increasing by 40,000 students between 2005 and 2010, bringing total enrollment to more than 160,000 students.

This resource center details the incredible growth; the existing overcrowding; and the health, safety and instructional needs driving the November 2006 school bond referendum. Please check back regularly, as we will continue to update this site with new and expanded information.

Year-Round Resource Center

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Capital Improvement Plan Updates

News articles on the 2007-2009 capital improvement plan and additional year-round schools.

Long-Range Planning

This section links to information on WCPSS' contract with N.C. State University's Operations Research Education Laboratory to create an analytical, data-driven process that incorporates land use and future developments into determining the best locations for new schools. The section also includes planning issues agreed to by county commissioners and the school board to guide the building program and the achievement status of those issues in the 2007-09 plan, a listing of new schools opening between 2005-06 and 2012-13, and maps of those schools.

FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about the capital improvement plan, including year-round designations, calendars and mobiles; funding; and school design and construction.

Commonly Asked Question

Q: My child currently attends a year-round school. If his base school is converted to year-round, will he have to return to his base school?

A: Students currently attending a year-round school as an application (choice) student, whose base school has been changed to a multi-track year-round calendar school for 2007-08, will:

Follow the current practice when reassigning students from an existing school to another existing school
As rising 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th graders have the option to remain at the current year-round application school, without transportation
As rising 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders will return to their base school for 2007-08.

Did You Know?

A bundle of interesting facts about Wake County's continuing dramatic growth. Did you know that the WCPSS student population has doubled since 1985 and another 130,000 students are projected by the year 2025?

The Big Picture

The articles here discuss the history and future of growth, how WCPSS finds seats for its rapidly increasing student population, a look at improvements in long-range planning, and how growth affects the Board of Education's Plan for Student Success (budget).

Growth Resource Center

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