The Andover School Committee approved a phased approach Thursday to implement the new redistricting plan at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
“This phased approach aims to support continuity for students and families while ensuring the district can meet enrollment and facility needs in the years ahead,” Superintendent Magda Parvey said in a note to families and staff Friday morning.
Students entering 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th grade in 2026-27 will be allowed to stay at their current schools under the implementation plan adopted Thursday. Parvey outlined the other key components of the implementation plan in her email:
- Students entering kindergarten in 2025-26 will have the option of enrolling in their new school. Those families will be contacted directly by the district prior to Kindergarten orientation on May 7th.
- In the 2026-27 school year, all current High Plain Elementary grade 4 students will go to Wood Hill Middle School, as voted on by the School Committee on April 17th.
- Younger siblings will be given the opportunity, through an opt-in process, to stay with their older siblings through the 2027-28 school year. The younger sibling will have to move to their reassigned school once the older sibling has entered middle school or high school.
All elementary and middle school families will receive confirmation of school zones based on their family’s current address by the end of June 2025. To review the areas that have been redistricted, see the APS redistricting webpage and interactive map.