The Cabarrus County Schools Policy 4150 Section F # 3 states "As new schools are opened and students redistricted, the board may allow a student in a transitional grade (currently grades 5, 8, 12) to remain at his/her previously assigned school. This provision, however, will not apply to siblings. The parent or guardian is responsible for providing on time transportation (except for homeless student transfers for which the system will provide transportation in a manner consistent with legal requirements and Policy 4125)"

Winecoff is currently the designated STEM location for BHES students. If all of the BHES students want to attend STEM and there is no room at Winecoff, the district will designate another location.

WES is currently approved as a neighborhood STEM and ROES is currently approved as a Fine Arts magnet.  Future decisions will depend on the BOE's decision for the ROES boundary.

No, there is not enough land to build an ES. Plans currently require 10 to 15 acres to build a new ES and the topography is not condusive for buildings and/or parking.

The growth is currently concentrated on the western side of the county. Student growth is factored into all the scenarios . The Cabarrus County Planning Dept provides the system with permit data every 2 weeks which allows us to see where the permits are being pulled. This data along with a formula is used to determine the student generation rates for specific housing types. It allows us to project how many students will come out of specific areas of housing.

There is no affect, the MS and HS feeders will not change.

Yes, priority is given, where space is available, to siblings living in the same household.

Based on your address, your child will attend JN Fries Middle for STEM middle.

You may complete the annual renewal each year before the renewal date deadline for your child and his/her spot will be saved.

The system is unable to build a elementary school large enough to absorb all 1300 elementary students from these 3 schools in one building. The current plan size for an elementary school is 940 students.

To be good stewards of tax payer dollars and for the purposes of growth, the current plan size of an elementary school is around 940 students.

RBMES and CWES are in the 10 yr plan to be combined between 2020 and 2022.

ROES is a Fine Arts magnet, ROES feeds Concord Middle and Concord High. These students would have a choice of home middle or high or possibly a Fine Arts program at the middle or high school when created.

This has not been discussed or would not be considered an option.

At present, Winecoff is not a magnet program, it is a neighborhood STEM. This will not be decided until the BOE approves boundaries for ROES.

Decisions about programs and transportation for those programs cannot be made until the BOE approves a boundary for ROES.

There are discussions about options, however any option would need to be approved by all stakeholders(district & county). A couple possibilites are: A Pre-K center or  A Staff development center.

This is unknown, there are more capital projects needed at BHES.

Program Chioce is again near. Parents must have time to choose a program. Staff needs time to prepare for school year(training, etc.). Parents and staff need preparation and planning time.

At this time, the BOE must approve a boundary for Royal Oaks Elementary.

No Title 1 funds were used.

The Board of Education decided to increase seats for district growth and cost effectiveness.

The majority of the staff will follow the students.  When there are duplicate positions, we anticipate retirement and other vacancies will resolve those issues.

In regards to staff development, the training teachers receive is Problem Based Learning which is not specific to STEM or Fine Arts. 

Yes, that is always a concern. The intent is to help balance SES with opportunities like Program Choice.

Approximately 20%

Depending on the location, the district generally allows 10% for open seats

The anticipated STEM option will be Winecoff

- 3 out of 4 scenarios leave open seats

- Projected growth in the Royal Oaks district is limited