Campuses and University Partners

Initially they were to be located at William Peace University, but that institution chose not to host them.^[10] The Governor Morehead campus held all Wake Young Women's students until they formed a partnership with St. Augustine's University (SAU) in 2013.^[11] In 2016 the first class graduated.^[10][4] Juniors and Seniors attended classes on that campus with equivalently aged WYMLA students until Spring of 2024. After financial issues resulted in SAU's loss of accreditation in November 2023, the partnership was put into question.^[12] After subsequent appeals and many meetings between WCPSS and SAU officers, the decision was made to terminate the partnership.^[13] Starting in the Fall semester of 2024, Students will attend college courses through Wake Technical Community College, while district leaders establish a potential new relationship with a different University.^[14] The relationship with Wake Tech is temporary, earning credits through the state's Career & College Promise (CCP), not an establishment of a new "Early College" under North Carolina's Cooperative Innovative High Schools program,^[15] which they expect to establish with a future partner. In the NC General Assembly, HB 900^[16] was introduced, intending to expedite that process for the leadership academies.^[17]

Additionally, the school has variously worked with other community partners on specific efforts. In 2017 a "Summer Internship Program" was developed with Meredith College, where a combined group of Professors, undergraduate researchers, and high school students work collaboratively on ongoing research on sustainability for the college.^[18][19]