6200 STUDENT
ASSIGNMENT 6200
The Board of Education’s goals for the
student assignment process include:
- Achieving
academic success for ALL children
- Creating
safe and stable school environments
- Promoting
community-based schools with consideration of proximity to home, student
safety, and stability of family.
- Collaborating
with the community to access available community resources
- Providing
parents with clear choices in calendar and programs
- Providing
a plan that is effective and efficient in utilization of our facilities
and transportation.
- Providing
a logical progression between elementary, middle, and high school that
utilizes consistent, logical and predictable feeder patterns
- Supporting
a positive educational environment with a commitment to maintaining
superior teaching conditions
- Retaining
excellent teachers and principals to enhance school choices and stability
- Offering
quality programs in every school
- Provide
a plan to support families and keep siblings from being separated by
tracks or schools without parental consent
- Building
a sense of community and connection with neighborhoods through parental involvement
Maintaining stable student
populations that consider proximity to home in each
Each student enrolled in the Wake
County Public School System shall be assigned to a school of his or her grade level
considering the attendance area in which that student’s parents or
court-appointed custodian is domiciled and the student resides. Exceptions will
be made as necessary to limit enrollment of a school due to overcrowding or for
special programmatic reasons such as the need for special education services or
alternative school programs.
Opportunities will be provided for high quality year round and magnet
schools as viable options for families.
Additional options could include vocational and alternative schools.
Student assignment plans will be based
on the following factors:
A. Distance
Assignments should be made
with consideration of proximity to residence.
No student should be required to travel more than the maximum time
established by Board Policy 7125.
B. Choice
Students
may apply for a school other than their base assignment. This includes calendar
options and magnet programs. Enrollment may be limited based on availability.
C. Stability of assignment
Students should remain
assigned to a school at each level (Elementary, Middle & High) unless a new
school is opened, availability becomes a factor or a request for transfer is
initiated by the student’s parent of legal guardian. A student’s assignment will be grandfathered
at their request subject to Board Policy 6203-Tranfer of School Assignment.
D. Facility Utilization
Student assignment should seek
optimal utilization of each school’s capacity.
E. Grade Structure
Student assignment should adhere
to K-5, 6-8, 9-12 grade organization whenever possible with consideration given
to logical feeder patterns within communities.
F. Alignment with the Magnet Schools Program
The student assignment plan should include
the system-wide objectives of the Magnet Program.
G. Students with Higher Needs
Assignments
should accommodate students with higher needs,
including those identified as being Limited English Proficient (LEP) or
requiring services from Special Education programs.
Footnote:
1. Board policy regarding special education
services is specified in Board Policy 6222.
2. Long-range
capacity is defined as the capacity of the permanent building(s) plus the
capacity of the optimal number of mobile or modular classrooms for the campus.
Adopted: May 4, 1981
Revised: January 17, 1983
Revised: May 16, 1983
Revised: November 18, 1991
Revised: April 21, 1997
Revised: January 10, 2000
Revised: March 18, 2003
Revised: December 4, 2007
Revised: May 18, 2010