Board Policy 4150 guides the development of annual enrollment plans. This policy includes 4 pillars: student achievement, stability,  proximity, and operational efficiency. Assignment areas are developed by balancing, to the extent reasonable, the goals and factors outlined in the 4 pillars.

Yes. All existing students impacted by the proposed assignment changes are eligible to remain assigned to their current school with transfer status (no district-provided transportation) through the terminal grade of the school. Learn more about our proposed stability rules. 

After draft 2 is presented, we will email families who are affected by this proposal with additional information about when the stability transfer will open. The transfers should open sometime in December.

Stability transfers are valid through the terminal grade of the school.

• Elementary school stability transfers are valid through the 5th grade and do NOT need to be requested each year.

• Middle school stability transfers are valid through the 8th grade and do NOT need to be requested each year.

• High school stability transfers are valid through the 12th grade and do NOT need to be requested each year.

Once the final plan is approved by the Board, impacted families will be contacted with specific instructions on how to submit their requests to remain at their current school, without district transportation. 

In addition, if you have pre-registered your rising kindergartner, you will be able to submit the request for this future student to join their older siblings through this same process.

This year's student assignment proposal focuses on base assignment changes, calendar application changes and recommended stability rules in order to relieve overcrowded schools and fill underutilized schools.

Affected families will be notified via email after draft 2 is presented in October.

All existing students impacted by the proposed assignment changes are eligible to remain assigned to their current school with transfer status (no district-provided transportation) through the terminal grade of the school. Learn more about our proposed stability rules. 

Felton Grove High is projected to open for the 2025-26 school year. We anticipate areas south of US 1 in the existing Apex Friendship High and Apex High base attendance areas, along with portions of Holly Springs High and Middle Creek High base attendance areas may be impacted by the opening of this new school. See our impact map for more information. View our future schools map.

The neighborhoods north of US Highway 64 that are recommended for assignment to Green Hope High are more proximate to Green Hope High than other portions of the Apex High base. While not the most proximate school for these neighborhoods, Green Hope High is the most proximate school with the available capacity to support these neighborhoods over time.

In addition, these neighborhoods are on the opposite side of US Highway 64 from Apex High and are not located in a “no transportation zone” for the school.

Track assignments are completed by the school. Principals work together to keep families on the same track.

Based on data from municipalities over the last several years, we are not projecting the need for an additional middle school outside of Herbert Akins Middle and the increased capacity of Fuquay Middle that we have already planned. 

Review all the application dates and events for the 2023-24 school year.

Calendar application schools are schools that have a different calendar than your base school. For example, if your base school is year-round, your calendar application school will be traditional. If your base school is traditional, your calendar application school is year-round.

Calendar application schools are available for some addresses in our district and are available via request. This means that a school with a calendar different from the base school can be requested, and if approved, district transportation will be provided for these options. In this plan, we recommend reducing some of these choices for some addresses. If approved, this means that district transportation will no longer be provided for these schools. View the list of affected schools in this proposal.

Although Green Level High may be more proximate for some families, the existing base area for this school is growing and will continue to grow. The school is also nearing capacity with its current enrollment.

No. The areas recommended to change for the 2023-24 school year are projected to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future. The areas south of US 1 that are currently assigned to Apex High and Apex Friendship High are more likely to be impacted by the opening of Felton Grove High.

Yes. The stability rules for this plan allow for existing high school students to remain at their current school (without transportation) and for their rising 9th grade siblings to join them

These proposed assignments do not affect students assigned to schools as magnet or transfer students.

Base attendance areas proposed to be impacted by this proposal are projected to continue to grow in the next several years. Capping the schools was not recommended due to the inefficiency it causes with transportation. If we are reassigning the area to another base school, offering bus service for Stability Transfers will put an additional burden on the routing system.

For long-range planning purposes, we assume that families will want to continue on the same calendar from elementary to middle. If parents would like to request a school on a different calendar, or that is more proximate, they can submit a Request for Transfer. These requests do not include district-provided transportation.