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Some Wake County schools get calendar changes

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Some Wake County schools face calendar changes
The Wake County School Board discussed changes Tuesday that would affect students at nearly half a dozen schools in the county.

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Wake County School Board made changes Tuesday that will affect students at nearly half a dozen schools in the county.

On the agenda was a vote to change the schools calendar to deal with issues of overcrowding and under enrollment.

The board determined the following changes.

  • Mills Park Elementary and Mills Park Middle: Will stay on the traditional calendar and have an enrollment cap. Portable classrooms will be added.
  • Wakefield Elementary: Will convert to traditional calendar to align with the traditional calendar used at Wakefield Middle.
  • Alston Ridge Elementary: WIll convert to a multi-track, year-round calendar
  • Ballentine Elementary: Currently on a four-track, year-round calendar -- will drop one of its tracks. Four temporary classrooms will be relocated.

    • The board's vote was unanimous.

    Read more here on the plans.

    Last week, at least 300 parents and students from Mills Park Middle and Elementary schools in Cary walked in protest. They said they were concerned the Wake County School Board was considering changing the schools from traditional to a year-round calendar.

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