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Irvine Unified staff recommend moving Woodbury students to Irvine High to ease Portola overcrowding
Summary
District staff proposed reassigning the Woodbury attendance area so incoming ninth graders in 2028 would attend Irvine High School instead of Portola, citing projections that Portola will exceed the board’s 3,200‑student peak and reach about 3,600 by 2030; staff emphasized outreach and that existing students would not be reassigned.
Irvine Unified School District staff on Tuesday recommended reassigning the Woodbury neighborhood from Portola High School to Irvine High School for the incoming ninth‑grade cohort beginning in the 2028 school year to reduce projected overcrowding at Portola.
The recommendation, presented by Jesse Baron, Coordinator for Facilities Planning, follows district projections — produced with DecisionInsight geographic modeling — that show Portola exceeding the board’s peak enrollment policy of 3,200 students in 2027 and reaching roughly 3,600 by 2030. "Our recommendation to balance enrollment and bring it below our board peak policy is to relocate and…
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