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When the new school year begins August 29, motorists are asked to drive safely and obey all traffic laws around school buses and bus stops. Drivers will notice traffic shifts with the opening of new schools.
Garner Magnet High will move grades 10-12 to the new South Garner High campus at 8228 Hebron Church Road in Garner. The addition of more than 2,000 students will bring a significant increase of traffic into this rural area off White Oak Road. The bell schedule is 7:25 a.m. to 2:18 p.m.
In Wake Forest, an N.C. Department of Transportation bridge replacement project will impact traffic for Wake Forest Middle School at 1800 South Main Street in Wake Forest, as well as the year-round Heritage Elementary and Heritage Middle schools. Traffic in the area is required to detour around the Rodgers Road construction until October 2016. More information is available at http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/rogers-road-bridge.aspx
School meal prices have increased
The Wake County Board of Education approved price increases for 2016-17 school meals, the first price increase in six years.
Even with the price increase, school breakfast and lunch continue to be a great value. Meals are nutrient-rich and include low-fat dairy, whole grains, lean meats, and an assortment of fruits and vegetables with a variety of offerings for students to choose from daily.
At elementary schools, full-paid meals will increase 25 cents to $1.25 for breakfast and $2.25 for lunch. At middle and high schools, full-paid meals will increase 25 cents to $1.50 for breakfast and $2.50 for lunch.
Parents can contribute to their child’s school meals account at www.MySchoolBucks.com or call (855) 832-5226.
Parents can also enroll in a no-cost, secure service sponsored by MySchoolBucks to receive email alerts when their child's account balance is low and to ensure their child always has funds to make meal or other item purchases. This service does not require online payments.
Bus routes are ready!
Families can find their bus routes posted online at www.wcpss.net/routes
Parents should check routes prior to the first day of school, as changes may have occurred since the last school year ended. Routes are updated regularly.
Tips for new bus riders
During the first few weeks of school, parents and students are asked to practice patience as bus routes stabilize.
Welcome to the 2016-17 School Year!
Welcome to the 2016-17 school year! With traditional-calendar schools starting Monday, Aug. 29, we now have 177 schools -- six of them new -- serving approximately 159,000 students. Supporting those students are more than 19,000 staff members, including more than 10,000 teachers.
Here are a few need-to-know facts for the new year:
New schools
Our student population continues to grow, so we are opening six brand-new schools this year: Pine Hollow Middle, Crossroads FLEX, Beaverdam Elementary, Oakview Elementary, Pleasant Grove Elementary, and White Oak Elementary.
Three schools will move into different spaces for 2016-17:
- Green Magnet Elementary students and staff are thrilled to move into their new school facility at their old address on Six Forks Road. Green has spent the last two years at the temporary modular campus on Springs Forest Road in Raleigh while its 1960’s-era campus was torn down and a new building erected in its place.
- Brooks Magnet Elementary has moved to the temporary modular campus on Spring Forest Road while its old campus is replaced.
- Garner Magnet High students grades 10-12 will move into the new South Garner High campus at 8228 Hebron Church Road for the next two years while a new four-story classroom tower is built at the Garner campus. Ninth-grade students will remain at the Ninth Grade Center at 2600 Timber Drive near the original campus. When Garner High returns to its newly renovated campus in 2018-19, South Garner High will open with its own students.
When the new school year begins August 29, motorists are asked to drive safely and obey all traffic laws around school buses and bus stops. Drivers will notice traffic shifts with the opening of new schools.
Garner Magnet High will move grades 10-12 to the new South Garner High campus at 8228 Hebron Church Road in Garner. The addition of more than 2,000 students will bring a significant increase of traffic into this rural area off White Oak Road. The bell schedule is 7:25 a.m. to 2:18 p.m.
In Wake Forest, an N.C. Department of Transportation bridge replacement project will impact traffic for Wake Forest Middle School at 1800 South Main Street in Wake Forest, as well as the year-round Heritage Elementary and Heritage Middle schools. Traffic in the area is required to detour around the Rodgers Road construction until October 2016. More information is available at http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/rogers-road-bridge.aspx
School meal prices have increased
The Wake County Board of Education approved price increases for 2016-17 school meals, the first price increase in six years.
Even with the price increase, school breakfast and lunch continue to be a great value. Meals are nutrient-rich and include low-fat dairy, whole grains, lean meats, and an assortment of fruits and vegetables with a variety of offerings for students to choose from daily.
At elementary schools, full-paid meals will increase 25 cents to $1.25 for breakfast and $2.25 for lunch. At middle and high schools, full-paid meals will increase 25 cents to $1.50 for breakfast and $2.50 for lunch.
Parents can contribute to their child’s school meals account at www.MySchoolBucks.com or call (855) 832-5226.
Parents can also enroll in a no-cost, secure service sponsored by MySchoolBucks to receive email alerts when their child's account balance is low and to ensure their child always has funds to make meal or other item purchases. This service does not require online payments.
Bus routes are ready!
Families can find their bus routes posted online at www.wcpss.net/routes
Parents should check routes prior to the first day of school, as changes may have occurred since the last school year ended. Routes are updated regularly.
Tips for new bus riders
During the first few weeks of school, parents and students are asked to practice patience as bus routes stabilize.
- Students should arrive at the bus stop 15 minutes early. Buses sometimes run off-schedule during the first weeks of school as students and bus drivers settle into the routine. Please be patient.
- Parents should be present at the child's bus stop to ensure the child arrives and departs safely.
- In the afternoon, drivers will only discharge pre-K, kindergarten, and first-grade students when a responsible person is present to pick them up. If no one is present, the child will be returned to the school or district office.
- Parents and children should memorize bus route numbers and stops. Parents will need these in the event of an emergency.
- If children need to cross the street to board the bus, parents should teach them to wait until the crossing control arm is completely deployed, to look and listen to make sure all vehicles are stopped, and to cross the street in front of the bus.