Wake County OKs plan to move 1,450 students to different schools. What to know

More than 1,450 Wake County students could attend different schools in 2026 under the school district’s newly approved reassignment plan.

The Wake County school board unanimously approved an reassignment plan on Tuesday that moves students for the 2026-27 school year. The final plan was virtually unchanged from the first draft presented in September, despite lobbying from some parents to keep their children at their current school.

School board members said the reassignments are needed to help fill new and under-enrolled schools and to ease crowding at over-enrolled schools…

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