Parents will have to wait at least a month or so to find out their possible magnet and calendar options under the draft reassignment plan.
Chuck Dulaney, assistant superintendent for growth and planning, said he hopes to have the magnet and calendar information online around the time that the school board gets a revised plan on Dec. 16.
Dulaney said the information wasn't listed in the draft plan because the magnet office hadn't finalized the draw areas yet.
Some general information could be provided today when school administrators present information on revised transportation and magnet draw areas. Much of the presentation is expected to focus on Brentwood and Smith elementary schools, the two newest magnet schools.
But parents are also wondering about their magnet options now that Daniels Middle School is losing its program. Interest is particularly high among families in the Cary area, which will likely find that East Garner Middle School is their new International Baccalaureate magnet middle school.
The draft plan does include some mention of changes in calendar options for individual schools. But this has left parents who don't have any information clamoring for more news.
Dulaney gave some additional info at Monday nigth's meeting by saying staff will recommend that Hilburn Drive Elementary be the traditional-calendar option for Leesville Road Elementary. Leesville parents have been clamoring for the district to no longer make Stough Elementary the opt-out choice.
But Dulaney said no decision had been made yet on what to recommend for Leesville Road Middle. He said it's uncertain if it will be one school or multiple ones.
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Much thanks. Roberts Road
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 13:32 — mdhillisonMuch thanks. Roberts Road runs into Jenks so I must have just gotten that name stuck in my head. The site is about 2-3 miles from our house and we have a 4th grader so we are curious how all of this goes down.
At some point in the N&O
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:36 — mdhillisonAt some point in the N&O this year, I thought I read about the aquisition of the land for WCPSS future HS that is coded H7 for sw wake county (the new one that is centered around apex basically).
Didn't the WCPSS buy a tract of land on Jenks Road in Apex for this school plot? Do you remember running that or seeing anything about it?
I live in a neighborhood we expect to end up at that new school by the time they get to that age.
Thanks so much.
If you're talking about H-7,
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:29 — KeungHui (author)If you're talking about H-7, the property is off Roberts Road in southwest Cary. The school board agreed to buy it last month. The question is whether the county commissioners will sign off on the $8.9 million purhase price.