Board of Education approves changes to school construction projects in Morrisville

The Wake County Board of Education voted to approve new plans for ongoing planning and construction projects in Morrisville. These plans will enact the following changes:

• Morrisville High School will permanently move into the site on Little/Davis Drive, adjacent to Parkside Elementary School. This will happen as early as August 2027.

• Parkside Middle School will relocate to Paramount Parkway opening TBD.

•  Wake Early College of Information and Biotechnologies (WECIB) 9th and 10th grade will temporarily move into the Little/Davis Drive site approximately in November 2025, before relocating to a newly constructed building on Paramount Parkway, in close proximity to Wake Technical Community College’s RTP Campus.

A major benefit to this new plan will be an increased high school capacity. These changes will still allow for WECIB 9th and 10th graders to move off of the Wake Tech campus on their currently scheduled timeline in approximately November 2025 to the temporary space on Little/Davis Drive, then moving to a final location that optimizes its relationship with Wake Tech. The new plan will potentially lower the cost-per-student total for all the projects.

WCPSS leaders will be seeking feedback on these changes in the coming months. More information on how to submit feedback will be forthcoming.