Seven New Schools Open in 2006-07
January 19, 2006 - The Wake County Public School System will open seven new schools for 2006-07, while more schools are being built and planned. The schools opening in 2006-07 include two new high schools and five elementary schools, two of them started early in temporary locations.
Panther Creek High in Cary and Holly Springs High in Holly Springs are under construction and on schedule to open for 2006-07.
The five new elementary schools include Barwell Road Elementary in Southeast Raleigh, Brier Creek Elementary in North Raleigh, Carpenter Elementary in Cary, as well as two early start schools: Holly Grove Elementary and E19. All of these schools are opening as multi-track, year-round schools, which provide space for more students.
Holly Grove will start in an unused wing of the new Holly Springs High while the new permanent school is built on adjacent property. E19 will move into the temporary modular campus on Spring Forest Road in North Raleigh. Harris Creek Elementary will leave the modular campus and move into its permanent building on Forestville Road near Mitchell Mill Road.
While the school facilities are being built, principals are being appointed to begin the job of pulling together staff, academic programs, books and equipment the new schools will need. Some issues such as calendar and grade configurations have been determined, but others such as bell schedules and student assignments have not been finalized.
Holly Springs High
5329 Cass Holt Road
Holly Springs, NC 27540
High School Registration Information
Summer Reading List for Honors English
- Luther Johnson, Jr., principal - ljohnson2@wcpss.net
- traditional calendar
- Tentative bell schedule - 7:25 a.m. to 2:18 p.m.
- serves students 9-10 grade in 2006-07 (in current proposal)
- assigned students: 885 (in current proposal)
- 277,066 square feet
- Re-used (prototype) three-story design, also seen at Green Hope, Wakefield and Middle Creek high schools
- school colors: royal purple/vegas(old) gold/white
- school mascot: Golden Hawks
Panther Creek High
6770 McCrimmon Parkway
Cary, NC 27519
High School Registration Information
Information Session For Parents Of Rising Freshmen
- Rodney Nelson, principal - rnelson@wcpss.net
- traditional calendar
- Tentative bell schedule - 7:25 AM - 2:18 PM
- serves students 9-10 grade in 2006-07 (in current proposal)
- assigned students: 916 (in current proposal)
- 275,900 square feet
- Re-used (prototype) three-story design, also seen at Knightdale High
- Colors: black, silver, columbia blue
- Mascot: Catamounts
Barwell Road Elementary
3925 Barwell Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
E-mail: barwell@wcpss.net
- Annice Hood, principal
- year-round calendar
- bell schedule - To be determined
- serves students Kindergarten to fifth grade
- assigned students: 795 (in current proposal)
- 99,387 square feet for the school, plus 40,473 square feet for community center and connecting hallway
- Re-used (prototype) two-story design, also seen at Forestville, Cedar Fork, Carpenter and Harris Creek elementary schools
Brier Creek Elementary
9801 Brier Creek Parkway
Raleigh, NC 27617
- Gig Harris, principal; e-mail: imharris@wcpss.net
- year-round calendar
- bell schedule - To be determined
- serves students Kindergarten to fifth grade
- assigned students: 587 (in current proposal)
- 90,747 square feet for the school, plus 17,179 square feet for the community center
- Re-used (prototype) two-story design, also seen at Baileywick, Jeffreys
Grove, Forest Pines Drive and Sanford Creek elementary schools
Carpenter Elementary
2100 Morrisville Parkway
Cary, NC 27519
- Vickie Brown, principal; e-mail: vbrown@wcpss.net
- year-round calendar
- bell schedule - To be determined
- serves students Kindergarten to fifth grade
- assigned students: 739 (in current proposal)
- 87,395 square feet
- Re-used (prototype) two-story design, also seen at Forestville, Cedar Fork and Harris Creek elementary schools.
- construction completed in 2004. School served as ninth grade center for Green Hope High School for 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Holly Grove Elementary
5329 Cass Holt Road
Holly Springs, NC 27540
- Wiladean Thomas, principal
- year-round calendar
- bell schedule - To be determined
- serves students Kindergarten to fifth grade
- assigned students: 554 (in current proposal)
- 98,128 square feet
- New two-story prototype design
- early start school opening in wing of Holly Springs High, while permanent school is built on site adjacent to the high school.
E19
3851 Spring Forest Road
Raleigh, NC 27616
- Lois Hart, principal
- year-round calendar
- bell schedule - To be determined
- serves students Kindergarten to fifth grade
- assigned students: 602 (in current proposal)
- early start school opening in temporary modular campus on Spring Forest Road that currently houses temporary campus for Harris Creek Elementary which will move into its permanent building for 2006-07.
Future Schools
2007-08
North Forest Pines Elementary
Jones Sausage Road Area elementary school
Sanford Creek Elementary
*Forest Pines Drive and Wakelon and Holly Grove elementary schools open at their permanent locations.
Establishing a PTA
The North Carolina PTA and the Wake County PTA Council will assist parents in the new schools in forming PTAs. Please contact the North Carolina PTA office at 787-0534 or E-mail the North Carolina PTA at office@ncpta.org or the Wake County PTA Council office at 850-1635 or to get involved.
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