Board Agrees on School Assignment Changes and Magnet Selection Criteria

April 1, 2010 - At its March 31 work session, the Board of Education agreed to some changes to the school system three-year assignment plan that will formally be voted on by the board at its April 6 meeting.

The changes include:

Assign Node 368.2 to Reedy Creek Middle School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 114.0, 117.0, 158.0 to Lacy Elementary School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 506.3, 506.4, 506.5, 743.0 to Southeast Raleigh High School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 1.0, 2.0 to Adams Elementary School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 1.0, 2.0 to Swift Creek Elementary School as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 383.3, 384.4 to Apex Middle School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 312.1, 312.2, 312.4, 312.5, 312.6, 337.1, 337.2, 343.2, 343.3 to Green Road Elementary School as their year-round calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Node 258.0 to Heritage Middle School as base beginning 2010-11. Assign Node 258.0 to Wake Forest Rolesville Middle as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Node 706.0 to Heritage Middle School as base beginning 2010-11. Assign Node 706.0 to Wake Forest Rolesville Middle as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 369.3, 370.8, 384.8 to Cary High School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Node 288.5 to Wakefield High School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Node 248.2 to Heritage High School as base beginning 2010-11.
Assign Node 444.4 to Dillard Elementary, Dillard Middle, and Athens Drive High School as base beginning 2010-11. Assign Node 444.4 to Adams Elementary and East Cary Middle School as their year-round calendar option for 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 375.0, 376.0, 377.1, 377.2, 377.3, 377.4, 628.1, 628.2 to Weatherstone Elementary School as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 186.0, 187.0, 190.0, 192.0, 193.0, 194.0, 195.1, 203.3, 203.4, 224.1, 522.0 to Knightdale Elementary Schools as their traditional calendar option for 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 41.0, 42.0, 43.0, 44.1, 45.0, 46.1, 58.2, 244.3, 244.5, 244.6, 244.8 to Dillard Drive Middle School as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 22.0, 24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 28.2, 63.0, 133.0, 144.0, 150.0, 237.1, 242.2 to Carroll Middle School as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 237.1, 237.6 to Forestville Elementary as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Assign Nodes 55.2, 56.0, 57.1, 57.2, 58.2, 137.0, 138.0, 237.1, 244.3, 244.5, 244.6, 244.8, 497.1, 497.2, 497.3, 497.6, 686.0, 744.0, 506.3, 506.4, 506.5, 743.0 to Middle Creek High School as their traditional calendar option beginning 2010-11.
Current year-round calendar applications students from Carver Elementary, Parnership Elementary, Centennial Middle School, and Moore Square Middle School can remain at their year-round calendar school with transportation provided until the terminal grade of that school. New year-round calendar application students from these schools for 2010-11can attend their year-round application school without school district transportation or request their base assignment. These schools will no longer have a year-round calendar option beginning 2011-12.

In the work session, the board affirmed the modification to the selection criteria beginning with the 2010-11 school year. The approved magnet selection criteria appear below:

MAGNET SELECTION PROCESS

All valid applicants are guaranteed an opportunity to be selected in the magnet selection process. Students are chosen from the applicant pool by computer, using a random number selection process. Factors in the selection process include:

Transportation pattern: Magnet assignments are based on the student’s residential address.
Crowding: Crowding is computed by comparing the current year’s enrollment to the adjusted building capacity (number of permanent seats plus the number of temporary seats in the school).

Magnet students selected in the magnet selection process can remain in the program until the end of that grade configuration (K-5, 6-8, 9-12).

Selection Criteria – Elementary Magnet

Siblings of present magnet students identified on the intent form

After assigning the students who meet the criteria above, the school will determine the number of vacancies available. 90% of these vacancies will be filled from valid applications in the following order:

ROUND ONE

Assigned to a base school that has a current crowding factor 95% of the adjusted building capacity AND
Submitted a valid application for the same program the previous year

ROUND TWO

Same as Round One with deletion of previous year’s application

ROUND THREE

Same as Round Two with the revision of the crowding factor to be 90% of the adjusted building capacity.

ROUND FOUR

Same as Round Three with the revision of the crowding factor to be 85%

Ten percent (10%) of vacancies identified above will be filled randomly from all remaining valid applications

Selection Criteria– Secondary Magnet

The selection process for secondary schools is the same as elementary with the addition of their current status as a magnet student weighing into the selection.

The Board of Education has affirmed the current selection criteria for applicants for the Wake Early College High School.

Earlier school board actions - Board of Education Approves Student Assignment Changes for 2010-11

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