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Freeman, Tucker relief and new specialty seats shape Henrico capacity plans
Summary
Staff modeled high‑school boundary moves to relieve Freeman and Tucker and described how ACE center attendance and a new cybersecurity specialty center at Henrico High (phased to 150 seats) will alter functional‑capacity calculations across impacted high schools.
Henrico County School Board members on Sept. 11 examined high‑school scenarios intended to shift students among Freeman, Godwin, Henrico, Hermitage and Glen Allen to relieve overcrowded campuses and better align feeder patterns.
Staff said the Freeman scenario would yield a net reduction of about 129 students at Freeman and a corresponding net increase at Godwin, with realistic functional‑capacity estimates adjusted downward for day‑of‑building ACE center attendance. A Tucker scenario removes several pockets from Tucker and allocates them to Hermitage and Godwin; staff estimated Tucker’s functional capacity would fall to the mid‑80s under that option while Hermitage and Godwin would increase. Glen Allen was projected to exceed capacity in one option (an 81‑student pocket would push the school above 100%), and the board asked staff to remove that pocket from consideration in this round.
Staff also emphasized the site‑specific impact of ACE centers and the opening of new schools: Jackson Davis’s rebuild adds about 250 seats (opening 2026–27) and staff proposed rezoning adjacent neighborhoods to take advantage of that capacity; Longan’s rebuild also adds seats and could host pre‑K without a boundary change. The planned cybersecurity specialty center at Henrico High is phased (75 seats the first year, 75 seats the next) and will alter high‑school calculations when the program reaches full enrollment.
Board members asked that staffing and resource guarantees accompany any changes that increase enrollment at receiving schools, and several members recommended implementing high‑school moves in the 2026–27 school year when new buildings come online.
