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Board approves 2025–26 capacity report; several schools closed to new transfers, two reopen for transfers
Summary
The Board approved the annual school capacity report, opening Sewell Elementary and McDougal Middle to transfers and closing several other schools to new transfer students for 2025–26.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted Feb. 3 to adopt its annual school capacity report for the 2025–26 school year, setting which schools will accept new transfer students and which will be closed to new transfers.
Dr. Quamisha Whitted Miller, director of student enrollment and assignment, presented the report. The recommendations: reopen Sewell Elementary and McDougal Middle School to new transfer students for next school year; close Carboro Elementary, Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Elementary and Glenwood Elementary to new transfers (elementary closure threshold this year was described as at or above 93 percent level of service); close Smith Middle School to new transfers (middle school threshold 95 percent); and close Carrboro High School and Chapel Hill High School to new transfers (high school threshold unchanged from prior practice). Exceptions to closures remain in place for siblings of students in special programs and for children of district employees under district transfer policy.
The district noted the transfer window will open Feb. 15 and close April 15; students are assigned to zone schools unless approved for a special program or transfer. Transfer denials will include an appeals path to the district hearing committee and then the Board of Education.
Board members moved and seconded the motion to adopt the recommendations; the motion passed unanimously.
Why this matters: The capacity decisions determine which schools can accept new nonresident students and affect family enrollment choices, transportation planning and school-level staffing. The report also signals upcoming district redistricting or balancing work as replacement school projects proceed.
