Third Phase of Growth Management Community Meetings in November

October 29, 2003 - Four meetings will be held during the first two weeks of November to solicit citizens' views on assigning students to schools.

The meetings are the third phase of the Wake County Public School System's Community Engagement Meetings to help inform and involve the public in the student assignment process. In this phase of meetings, participants will discuss how different schools in the area might be affected by the growth management plan for the upcoming year and for the future.

Different meetings will focus on different schools. Please attend the meeting that corresponds to your current school.

NOVEMBER 5, 7 P.M.
AT LEESVILLE ROAD HIGH, 8409 LEESVILLE ROAD, RALEIGH
Elementary Schools: Baileywick Road, Brassfield, Brentwood, Brooks, Douglas, Green, Hilburn Drive, Jeffreys Grove, Lead Mine, Leesville Road, Lynn Road, Millbrook, North Ridge, Pleasant Union, Stough, Wakefield, York
Middle Schools: Carroll, Leesville Road, Wakefield, West Millbrook
High Schools: Leesville Road, Sanderson, Wakefield

NOVEMBER 6, 7 P.M.
AT SOUTHEAST RALEIGH HIGH, 2600 ROCK QUARRY ROAD, RALEIGH
Elementary Schools: Aversboro, Bugg, Combs, Conn, Creech Road, Fuller, Hunter, Joyner, Lacy, Olds, Partnership, Poe, Powell, Rand Road, Root, Smith, Swift Creek, Timber Drive, Underwood, Vance, Vandora Springs, Washington, Wiley, Yates Mill
Middle Schools: Carnage, Centennial Campus, Daniels, East Garner Magnet, Ligon, Martin, Moore Square, North Garner
High Schools: Athens Drive, Broughton, Garner, Longview, Southeast Raleigh

NOVEMBER 12, 7 P.M.
AT EAST WAKE HIGH, 5101 ROLESVILLE ROAD, WENDELL
Elementary Schools: Carver, Durant Road, Fox Road, Heritage, Hodge Road, Knightdale, Lockhart, Rolesville, Wake Forest at Jones Dairy, Wendell, Wilburn, Wildwood Forest, Zebulon
Middle Schools: Durant Road, East Millbrook, East Wake, Heritage, Wake Forest-Rolesville, Zebulon
High Schools: East Wake, Enloe, Millbrook, Wake Forest-Rolesville

NOVEMBER 13, 7 P.M.
AT GREEN HOPE HIGH, 2500 CARPENTER UPCHURCH ROAD, MORRISVILLE
Elementary Schools: Adams, Apex, Ballentine, Baucom, Briarcliff, Cary, Davis Drive, Dillard Drive, Farmington Woods, Fuquay-Varina, Green Hope, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Kingswood at Cedar Fork, Lincoln Heights, Middle Creek, Morrisville, Northwoods, Oak Grove, Olive Chapel, Penny Road, Reedy Creek, Salem, Weatherstone, West Lake, Willow Springs
Middle Schools: Apex at Salem, Davis Drive, Dillard Drive, Fuquay Varina, Holly Ridge, Lufkin Road, Reedy Creek, West Cary, West Lake
High Schools: Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Green Hope, Middle Creek

In this third phase of meetings, participants will hear a 30-minute description of issues related to creating student assignment plans. The remaining time will be devoted to small group discussions on growth management recommendations for area schools.

EARLIER MEETINGS
In the first phase of the Community Engagement Meetings held in September, participants heard a description of WCPSS policies, practices, and processes related to growth management.

In the second phase of meetings held in October, participants discussed Wake County's growth by region and recommended priorities in filling newly-opened schools.

TIMELINE

After the community engagement meetings, the WCPSS Office of Growth Management will take the information they have received, and publish a growth management proposal in January 2004. Public comment on the proposal will be reviewed.

A growth management plan will be presented to the Board of Education in February 2004. The board will hold public hearings on the proposal and then vote to adopt the proposal.

Seven new schools are scheduled to open in 2004-2005. The new schools include traditional calendar schools Forestville Road Elementary, Highcroft Elementary, Salem Middle and Knightdale High and year-round schools Jones Dairy Elementary, Turner Creek Elementary and Heritage Middle.

More information on the Community Engagement Meetings can be found at http://www.wcpss.net/growth-management/community-meetings/index.html

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