An unprecedented draft multi-year student assignment proposal from WCPSS Growth and Planning that fills 10 new schools with 26,771 students over the next three years is under consideration.
Assistant Superintendent Chuck Dulaney of WCPSS Growth and Planning said families have more information and have it earlier, so they can provide public input on the proposal to fill 10 new schools opening over the next three years.
Public comments on the proposal will be gathered through Dec. 10. Dulaney said staff will use the community input to prepare a student assignment proposal to present to the Board of Education.
One Raleigh neighborhood that may be looking at a high school change in 2010 is North Raleigh’s Stoney Manor, where I have lived for the last 11 years. The proposal assigns our neighborhood to Millbrook High, rather than Sanderson. Stoney Manor, which is in the Wake County Public Schools Node 313.1, would be assigned to a school that is a considerable distance farther from home as well as a school that significantly underperforms when compared to Sanderson. You can get a direct comparison of the two schools by clicking here. The last Schoolwide Combined Reading and Math Proficiency score at Sanderson was 86% while Millbrook High scored 77.9%.
Comments will be taken through the end of the day on Dec. 10. Once the comment period has ended, the draft proposal will be unavailable. The proposal will be revised with consideration given to the comments received. The revised proposal will be presented to the Board on Dec. 16, and then made available here for review and public comment.
Submitted by Rick Freeman 12/8/2008