Parents of 1,191 Wake County students have to reselect which middle schools they want their children to attend this fall because of a computer glitch on the school system’s computer system.
The school system sent out email messages to the affected families over the weekend letting them know that an update to the computer software had erased their middle school choices. The families have until 10 p.m. on Feb. 24 to reselect their choices.
The problems affects parents of students choosing middle schools that feed into multiple high schools. Under the new assignment plan, families wanting to attend middle schools with split feeder patterns could choose which high school pathway they wanted to attend.
One of the aspects of the new plan is that families will be guaranteed seats at specific schools through graduation so they wouldn’t have to deal with reassignment.
Prior to Friday, Wake’s student assignment website, assignment.wcpss.net, didn’t let families applying to middle schools with split feeder patterns to choose the high school pathway they wanted. Wake updated the software on Friday to correct the problem, but the resulting change reset the middle school selections for the affected families who had submitted their applications before that date.
Although Wake tried to contact the affected families over the weekend, school officials say some couldn’t be reached. Some email messages couldn’t be delivered and some families didn’t leave email addresses.
Families who have any questions about this process can contact the Office of Student Assignment at studentassignment@wcpss.net or by phone at 919-431-7333.
