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My husband and I are considering moving to Raleigh from Florida. We have county wide districts as well but the boundaries for schools don't change very frequently. These replies make me think it happens all the time in Wake County. Once a child is in a school, they wouldn't be moved to another school due to rezoning would they? Is the rezoning only for students entering the school for the first time?
Once a child is in a school, they wouldn't be moved to another school due to rezoning would they? Is the rezoning only for students entering the school for the first time?
Affects you only when you move in. Once assigned, your children move on a predefined school progression/ assignment path.
My husband and I are considering moving to Raleigh from Florida. We have county wide districts as well but the boundaries for schools don't change very frequently. These replies make me think it happens all the time in Wake County. Once a child is in a school, they wouldn't be moved to another school due to rezoning would they? Is the rezoning only for students entering the school for the first time?
It really depends on the growth in the part of the county you move to. Some areas are more stable and things won't change much, while rapidly growing areas will be in constant flux with new schools being built all the time, resulting in areas being assigned to it that weren't previously. Some schools also get capped so you may not get into the primary school for a given area. It is entirely possible that your kids go to one school and your neighbor's kids go to another.
Affects you only when you move in. Once assigned, your children move on a predefined school progression/ assignment path.
Do not take this as the gospel truth. The Wake county school board has basically adopted a "stay-where-you-start" policy in the most recent few years, but that was not the case prior. Students in certain grades were forced to switch schools if they were reassigned. There is also NO school "progression" path anymore. That was in place for one year with the "choice" plan, but now, for example, if your home is zoned for a particular middle school, and your child is in elementary -- if that middle school assignment changes, your child will go to the newly assigned middle school. A new plan is coming up for the 2015-2016 year, and there are no guarantees as to what any new policy will be.
All of that being said, re-assignments are not as frequent as you might believe. Even when a new plan is released, not everyone is affected, not even close (but of course the ones who are are very vocal!!) There are tons and tons of posts here on that topic, just do a search and I'm sure you will find that you can spend the rest of the day trying to sort it all out
Do not take this as the gospel truth. The Wake county school board has basically adopted a "stay-where-you-start" policy in the most recent few years, but that was not the case prior. Students in certain grades were forced to switch schools if they were reassigned.
I was responding to the OP on a going forward basis.
When the Margiotta led BOE came along, out went spot nodes, random reassignments, etc. Haven't heard of that happening up until this year i.e., spot nodes. But, compared to the past, I would not expect OP's kids to be moved out of a school before they complete that grade span.
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