Back to school 2009 fact sheet
July 7, 2009Starting Dates and Calendars
- Year round schools being Tuesday, July 7
- Modified calendar schools start Monday, July 27
- Wake Early College of Health and Science starts Monday, August 10
- Traditional calendar schools will begin Tuesday, August 25
Schools
- 159 total schools
- 102 elementary, 30 middle schools, 23 high schools, 4 special/optional schools
- 51 year round schools (42 elementary and 9 middle)
- 5 modified calendar schools 2 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high)
- 1 school matches calendar of Wake Technical Community College (Wake Early College)
- 102 traditional calendar schools (58 elementary, 19 middle, 21 high schools, 4 alternative schools
- Three schools changed calendars: Leesville Road Middle changed to multi-track year-round; Baucom and Knightdale Elementary changed to traditional calendar
Three new schools open 2009-10
- Banks Road Year–round Elementary - http://www.wcpss.net/school-directory/325.html
- Herbert Akins Road Year–round Elementary - http://www.wcpss.net/school-directory/306.html
- Lake Myra Year–round Elementary - http://www.wcpss.net/school-directory/474.html
Students
- 140,000 expected for the 20th day of school 2009-10
- 137,706 students on the 20th day of school for 2008-09
- 40,000 students expected in year round schools
- 30,000 students in school July 7 with three tracks in and one on break
Transportation
- 900 buses
- Expected 75,000 student riders
- Year round bus routes are online at http://www.wcpss.net/school-directory/bus-routes/
- Traditional calendar routes will be updated in early August.
- Kindergartners and first graders who ride the bus will be given name tags for the first 20 days of school. Schools will place name tags on students before boarding the afternoon bus. Tags will include student name, school name and phone number, bus route number and bus stop location. Parents are encouraged to teach children to know their home address, phone number and bus route name. Help prepare children for the new experience of riding the bus to school.
- The Wake County Public School System provides bus transportation to all base students in the system who live one-and-a-half miles or more from school and to students with identified special needs. The system's transportation department is committed to providing these students with safe, efficient and reliable transportation service that contributes to their overall academic success.
Early Dismissal Wednesdays
- Board of Education approved schedule changes for 2009-10 school year
- Bell schedules change adding 10 minutes of instructional time to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Bell schedule can be found at http://www.wcpss.net/2009-10-bell-schedule.html
- Schools dismiss one hour early on Wednesdays
- Teachers will meet on Wednesdays in professional learning teams to review student work and discuss individual student learning needs
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