D202 Board-Approved High School Boundary Changes Will Affect 10 Plainfield Subdivisions

PLAINFIELD, IL — The Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 Board of Education voted Wednesday night to adjust its high school attendance boundaries.

The change will take effect in the 2026-27 school year. It includes moving students from Plainfield North High School to Plainfield East and Central high schools.

Subdivisions affected by the change include:

• Arbor of Plainfield
• Creekside Crossing North
• Fieldstone
• Indian Oaks
• Leewood
• Renwick Place (Stone Bluff)
• River Point
• South Pointe
• Vintage Harvest
• Wallin Woods

"This is never easy, and as we try to plan for the future, we are (at an estimated) 94 percent capacity in elementary, middle, and high schools," Superintendent Glenn Wood wrote in a statement.

According to Board President Rod Westfall, boundary changes were necessary due to current and projected growth.

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Housing in Plainfield continues to expand, with about 1,000 housing units built in the last year and a potential for 800 more to come, according to Wood.

The Board approved the boundary changes following recommendations made in September by RSP & Associates, a third-party consultant, and the district administration. The district partnered with the consultant in August 2023 to analyze student attendance boundaries, provide enrollment projections and recommend potential adjustments.

Changes to elementary and middle school attendance boundaries will be made later. The phased strategy addresses "the most pressing concerns," according to the district, without requiring immediate facility expansion.