The Wentzville School District has adopted new attendance boundaries, assigning some students to different schools in preparation for the planned opening of a new high school in 2013.

The Board of Education unanimously approved the plan during its Jan. 19 meeting.

The changes will take effect at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year. Current seventh-graders who are scheduled to graduate in 2017 will be assigned to middle school and high school based on the following:

• Students living within the attendance boundaries of Heritage Campus, Lakeview and Peine Ridge elementary schools will go to Wentzville Middle School and Holt High School.

• Students living within the boundaries of Boone Trail, Duello and Green Tree elementary schools will go to South Middle School and Timberland High School.

• Students living in the boundaries of Crossroads, Discovery Ridge and Prairie View elementary schools will attend Frontier Middle School and the new high school planned for construction on Sommers Road in O'Fallon.

Current sixth-graders and seventh-graders affected by these changes can apply to stay at their 2011-12 assigned middle school. If approved, the exemption would follow the district's guidelines for intra-district transfers, which does not include bus transportation.

The requests can be made by email, letter or an electronic form on the district or school website. If the transfer is granted, the student would still have to attend the high school they were assigned under the new plan.

Children in grades 5-11 who will have a sibling at another high school can apply to have all siblings attend the same high school. For example, if a boy would attend Holt and his sister would go to Timberland, they can apply so that both would attend Timberland.

Transportation would be provided if bus service to the children's neighborhood includes the requested destination campus. No student enrolled in high school during the 2011-12 school year can apply for transfer under this assignment plan.

All transfer requests for the 2012-13 school year must be submitted by March 1. The district will respond to requests by March 15. Request forms are available at www.wentzville.k12.mo.us. Completed forms may be emailed to marciamoe@wentzville.k12.mo.us or mailed to Administrative Services, One Campus Drive, Wentzville, MO 63385.