Wake County staff present facility utilization report; recommend limited capping change for Knightdale area

Marcella Royer, a long‑range planning staff member, presented Wake County Public School System's Facility Utilization Report and long‑range capping recommendations, telling the Board that the report is used to monitor class‑size legislation, support enrollment caps and transfer appeals, and inform the assignment plan.

Royer said the district distinguishes enrollment (every student enrolled) from average daily membership (ADM), which is affected by attendance and the 10‑day rule. "Our PMR 2 for the 2024‑25 school year is 161,115 students," she said, and later provided a separate daily enrollment figure for the district as of the snapshot referenced in the presentation. She reviewed the district's capacity model (brick and mortar capacity, trailers, and new "flexible capacity") and outlined how spaces that previously did not carry capacity are sometimes converted to classrooms as schools become crowded.

The presentation listed changes in campus capacity and notable moves: Bauchum Elementary returned from swing space (arriving at a campus capacity noted in the report), Fuquay‑Varina Elementary will…