The Washoe County School District approved re-zoning plans for multiple schools Tuesday evening at its Board of Trustees Meeting. Changes go into effect as early as the 2021-2022 school year. The zoning changes are meant to prevent overcrowding in the future, and to let kids move up grades with the same classmates.
Newly added schools allow the district the flexibility to change zoning. In particular Marce Herz Middle School, whose students will all go to Galena High School when they matriculate up the grade levels. That will free up space at Reno High School and Damonte Ranch High School.
Huffaker Elementary School students will eventually move up to fill that capacity at Reno High School. Echo Loder Elementary School and Corbett Elementary School students will eventually move up to Wooster High School making room at Galena High School.
The school to be built on Rio Wrangler Parkway will eventually go to Depoali Middle School and then later to Damonte Ranch High School.
Sophomores, juniors, and senior athletes can get a variance to go to stay in the school they want as long as there is room. All high school juniors and seniors will get a variance to stay in the school they are in currently.
“If a student is interested in a variance, really what the family ought to do is speak with their school's principal. The principal can walk them through the process. There is some paperwork involved that's very minimal. As long as space is available at the incoming school and there are no other problems, students will be accepted on a variance,” said WCSD Chief Ombudsman and Strategies Officer Paul LaMarca.
