Up to 11 Wake County year-round schools could see calendar changes that would disrupt the lives of thousands of families and school employees.
Wake County school administrators have identified 11 multi-track year-round schools that are under consideration for conversion to a single-track year-round calendar or a traditional calendar in 2028. Wake says the capacity gains from using year-round schools aren’t needed as much now that the district is expected to see less growth over the next 10 years.
“With our new forecast showing that we’re going to have slower rates of growth than were originally projected, we feel like this is a good opportunity to re-evaluate our schools — particularly multitrack and underutilized — to determine whether or not that is a good thing for those schools long term,” said Susan Pullium, senior director of student assignment…