Hillsborough Redistricting Approved
- Hillsborough schools approved a redistricting plan that will move 116 elementary students across six schools for 2026–27. (wdhafm.com) - The district says the plan balances enrollment and prepares the system for full-day kindergarten, named by Superintendent Michael Volpe. (wdhafm.com) - Affected families will see those changes next school year as the district adjusts capacities and kindergarten rollout plans. (wdhafm.com)
Hillsborough’s school board approved new elementary attendance lines that will reassign 116 students for the 2026-27 school year. (nj.com) The changes affect six elementary schools in the Somerset County district, which decided to keep all six schools open as kindergarten-through-fourth-grade buildings instead of converting any campus to a different use. (patch.com) District officials said the new boundaries are meant to spread students more evenly across the six schools and make room for full-day kindergarten, which Hillsborough says will begin in September 2026. Superintendent Michael Volpe has been the public face of that rollout. (htps.us) The redistricting plan follows months of public discussion over how to add full-day kindergarten without overloading some buildings. Assistant Superintendent Joel Handler said in November that the district wanted the smallest boundary changes possible while planning beyond the first year. (patch.com) Earlier options would have turned Hillsborough Elementary School into a fourth-grade school or converted Triangle School into an early-childhood center for kindergarten and preschool. The district dropped both ideas after reviewing enrollment projections and community feedback. (patch.com) Parents were told in March that reassignment notices would go out on April 10, and the district’s website now says the 2026-27 school redistricting assignments are available. The Board of Education’s next listed regular meeting is April 30. (mycentraljersey.com, htps.us, htps.us) The district has said it wants a “humanistic approach” to the transition, including ways for reassigned children to visit their new schools before classes start. Families affected by the new boundaries will see those placements take effect this fall. (patch.com, htps.us)
