Roseville district approves new high school boundaries amid west Roseville growth
The Roseville Joint Union High School District approved new school attendance boundaries Monday morning to address rapid enrollment growth in west Roseville that has continued to strain campuses.
Under the new boundaries — Scenario B as approved by the board during a special meeting Monday — homes along Crocker Ranch Road, Opal Drive, Northpark Drive and Parkside Way will be reassigned to the Woodcreek High School attendance area from Roseville High.
Following an hour-and-a-half debate, trustees voted 3-2 in favor of the changes without amendments. Board President Heidi Hall and trustee Tiffany Coleman voted against the plan.
Hall said the board and district had explored additional alternatives before concluding that the two scenarios presented Monday were the strongest options.
The changes also will shift homes west of Woodcreek Oaks Boulevard and south of Sunset Boulevard into the Woodcreek High boundary.
Most homes west of Fiddyment Road will attend West Park High School under the approved plan.
Attendance boundaries for Antelope and Granite Bay high schools remain unchanged.
The district also adjusted the southern boundary between Woodcreek and Oakmont high schools, excluding the Placer Vineyard community. The change affects the area south of Baseline Road and west of Vineyard Road.
Board members said they favored Scenario B over Scenario A because it preserved the Placer Vineyard area within the Woodcreek High boundary while still meeting the district’s enrollment goals. Trustees said moving that small group of students to Oakmont would have split them from their Silverado Middle School classmates with little measurable benefit.
Franz said Scenario A would likely prompt most affected families to request transfers back to Woodcreek anyway, creating “a lot of headache” for families and staff.
“To pull students from their cohort from middle school, we have to have a really good reason, and we don’t — I can’t justify it in the numbers right now.”
Tony Phan, a district spokesperson, said officials worked with feeder districts while developing the new boundaries.
“Ultimately it’s nearly impossible to ‘perfectly’ align the RJUHSD boundaries with theirs,” he said. “The goal is when looking at attendance boundaries is viewing the entire district to ensure enrollment is balanced at all sites.”
Assistant Superintendent Joe Landon said the district’s goal was “to achieve these objectives while impacting the smallest number of families in the district.”
Trustees acknowledged the effect the changes could have on students and parents.
“We know that these decisions have significant impact on the kids and the families,” said trustee Pete Constant, who ultimately voted in favor of the changes in Scenario B along with Marla Franz and Bill Schuetz.
Constant also said he wanted transfer and grandfathering policies to be clearer so parents could plan ahead, adding, “I really want predictability as we go forward.” Constant said families should be able to look several years ahead and understand whether their children are likely to have transfer opportunities available.
The changes are intended to ease crowding at Roseville and West Park high schools as west Roseville continues to grow.
Without the boundary changes, Roseville High School was projected to reach capacity by the 2029-30 school year, with enrollment nearing 2,000 students. Previous reporting by The Sacramento Bee found enrollment could reach about 2,092 students by 2032-33.
With the approved adjustments, district officials project Roseville High will still exceed target enrollment levels but remain closer to 1,600 students.
West Park High School was also projected to reach capacity by 2029-30 with about 3,267 students and exceed capacity by 2031-32 with more than 3,397 students.
Even with the new boundaries, West Park is still expected to exceed capacity by 2031-32. District officials said the issue could be addressed by adding portable classrooms or limiting transfer requests.
Phan said West Park’s attendance boundary was “refined to capture more of the developing west Roseville area.”
The school board did not vote Monday on policies related to grandfathering, specialized programs or transfer requests. District officials said those topics will be discussed at future meetings, but no timeline has been announced.
