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Center for International Enrollment

If you speak a language other than English and are enrolling a child new to Wake County Public Schools, please contact the Center for International Enrollment.

Bilingual Enrollment Specialists will guide you through the enrollment process and determine if your child will need to take the state mandated English proficiency test. If your child’s primary language is not English, Center for International Enrollment staff will administer the language proficiency test.

Contact the CIE

Center for International Enrollment
5625 Dillard Drive
Cary, NC 27518
Phone: (919) 431-7404
Fax: (919) 431-7410
CIE@wcpss.net

Hours of Operation: Appointments are recommended. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. unless the Central Services building is closed.

Testing: Appointments are required. Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Brochures:

What Is the first step in the enrollment process at the CIE?

Call the CIE for an appointment. Our number is (919) 431-7404. See the section below titled “Required documents to enroll your child” for information regarding what you must bring with you at the time of your appointment.

What happens when I arrive at the CIE?

When you arrive you will sign in and an Enrollment Specialist will ensure that you have the documents you need to enroll your child in school. When that is completed, an Enrollment Specialist will help you fill out all the forms you will need to register your child and provide you with general information regarding public schools as well as answer questions you may have. While this is happening, your child will be tested to determine his or her level of English language proficiency.

What happens at the end of our appointment?

Once you have completed the enrollment process and your child has been tested, you will return to your assigned school with an envelope containing your enrollment documents. At this point your child may begin classes. Please be aware that students assigned to some middle schools and most high schools may be required to make a separate appointment with the school’s guidance department prior your child beginning school. An Enrollment Specialist will assist you in making this appointment.

Required documents to enroll your child

Certified birth certificate or passport for each student
Proof of residence in the name of the parent or guardian:
- Current, recently dated within 30 days a gas, water, or electric bill OR
- Recently signed lease agreement; OR
- Signed closing statement or construction agreement with closing date within 45 days of enrollment of student.
Picture ID of parent or custodian
For a kindergartener, age 5, a physical examination by a medical doctor and the Kindergarten Health Assessment Report. The form is also available from any Wake County elementary school.
Immunization record (if available)
Academic records from previous schools (if available)

Directions

Driving: Central Services is located in the Crossroads I Building, 5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518. The building is located between the intersections with Jones Franklin Road and Walnut Street. The facility is just south of the Crossroads Shopping Center.

From Durham, Chapel Hill, and all points West of Raleigh:

Take I-40 East, past the Airport exits and past the Wade Avenue exits
Take Exit 293
Immediately take Exit 293-A,
Follow the highway to Walnut Street, Exit 101-A.
At the top of the ramp, turn RIGHT at the traffic signal onto Walnut Street
Go three more traffic signals and turn LEFT onto Dillard Drive
Go 3/10 of a mile, just past the Columbus Avenue intersection (Holiday Inn on left)
Crossroads I is on the right.
Enter through the front door.

From Raleigh-Capitol Blvd., Wake Forest Road, Six Forks, Highway70/Glenwood Ave., all areas with easy access to outer Beltline:

Take Outer Beltline (I-440) to Jones Franklin Road Exit
Turn LEFT at top of exit ramp onto Jones Franklin Road
Take Jones Franklin to the intersection of Dillard Drive
Turn RIGHT onto Dillard Drive.
Go 3/10 of a mile.
Crossroads I is on the LEFT just past the Corning Road intersection. A Holiday Inn is across the street.
Enter through the front door.

From Sanford, Apex, Chatham County, southern Cary:

Take US 1 North
Take Walnut Street Exit toward Cary/Buck Jones Road
Turn RIGHT onto Walnut Street
At the third traffic signal, turn LEFT onto Dillard Drive.
Go 3/10 of a mile, just past the Columbus Avenue intersection (Holiday Inn on left)
Crossroads I is on the right.
Enter through the front door.