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Two Democratic incumbents fell in a primary that may split
the Wake County Board of County Commissioners
Pending before the commissioners now is a request from
the Wake County Board of Education for an additional $ 58.9 million in new spending for the 2018 - 19 school year.
The Wake County Board of Commissioners has voted to increase funding substantially over the past four fiscal years and is again considering another sizable increase in spending for the Wake County Public School System.
Keith Sutton, Raleigh, N.C. - Sutton is the District 4 representative to
the Wake County Board of Education.
LIAISONS Greg Ford,
Wake County Board of Commissioners Sig Hutchinson,
Wake County Board of Commissioners Richard A. Thompson, Raleigh City Council Grier Martin, N.C. House of Representatives John Johnston, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
In Wake County, a fast - growing district, the class size mandate has resulted in
the Wake County Board of Education considering reassignment proposals that would force many families to leave their base schools.
Not exact matches
The governor has also proposed a package of reforms to help
county boards of elections better protect against cyberattacks, and to more closely regulate political ads on social media, in the
wake of reports of Russian infiltration of Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 elections.
The Erie
County Board of Elections is closed today in the
wake of a smoky fire in the 134 West Eagle headquarters.
The state
board overseeing Nassau's finances voted to increase its scrutiny of
county contracts in the
wake of several scandals last year involving how
county officials award work to vendors.
The Niagara
County Legislature has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. tomorrow to vote on asking for local, state and federal criminal investigations of the Niagara Falls Water
Board in the
wake of a July 29 discharge of black water into the Niagara River near the Maid of the Mist dock.
The members of the caucus have been at odds with the
counties in the
wake of a political power play earlier this year involving the city
Board of Elections.
And in an Ed Next podcast recorded just after the new school
board was elected in
Wake County last fall, «Voters Choose Neighborhood Schools Over Socioeconomic Diversity,» Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discussed the election and what it would mean for the county's school assignment pol
County last fall, «Voters Choose Neighborhood Schools Over Socioeconomic Diversity,» Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discussed the election and what it would mean for the
county's school assignment pol
county's school assignment policies.
The school
board majority that took office in
Wake County last December is committed to moving the district toward neighborhood schools (and away from busing to achieve socio - economic diversity) despite a mass march that has been scheduled to take place tomorrow in downtown Raleigh to protest the policy.
The superintendent of the Fairfax
County, Va., public schools has opted to retire early at the end of this year in the
wake of negative public reaction to a school -
board plan to add his early - retirement benefit to his current salary as a means of keeping him on the job longer.
Police removed protesters last week from a heated
Wake County, N.C., school
board meeting in which
board members voted to abandon a student - assignment and diversity policy with roots dating back three decades.
On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national -
board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the
Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.
Wake County Commissioner Erv Portman called a statement from his fellow commissioners an unprecedented attack on him and some of his
board members.
The
Wake County, N.C., school
board, which drew fire for dropping a student - assignment plan based on socioeconomic diversity, has now rejected its intended substitute, meaning the
board will start over in its move toward community - based schools.
Wake County is the top district in the nation, with 2,631 National
Board - certified teachers.
Such is the case in
Wake County, where county Board of Education Chairman Tom Benton says charters are hopelessly split along racial
County, where
county Board of Education Chairman Tom Benton says charters are hopelessly split along racial
county Board of Education Chairman Tom Benton says charters are hopelessly split along racial lines.
Since last year,
Wake County commissioners and school
board members have been meeting with school advocates to plot their response to the school system's problem.
North Carolina and the
Wake County school system continue to both lead the nation with the most teachers certified by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards, according to new results released Monday.
Since then, despite a shift to a Democratic majority on the school
board, the number of
Wake County schools serving a majority of low - income children on the free and reduced lunch program has more than doubled, surging from 18 in 2008 to 48 this school year.
Once seemingly immune to racially isolated school assignments, thanks to a nationally recognized school assignment diversity plan,
Wake County Schools has changed drastically since a Tea Party takeover of the county school board in 2009 led to a razing of its longtime assignment
County Schools has changed drastically since a Tea Party takeover of the
county school board in 2009 led to a razing of its longtime assignment
county school
board in 2009 led to a razing of its longtime assignment plan.
Monika Johnson - Hostler, chairwoman of the
Wake County school
board, said she's seen a similar response.
«Please close
Wake County schools on May 16th to allow the largest school system in the state to advocate for public school funding at the state legislature,» Lormand said during Tuesday's school
board meeting.
The way the
Wake County government computed the need for increased local funding for the
Wake County Public School System was questioned Tuesday by school staff and
board members alike.
But upon learning of allegations and charges of academic fraud and other abuses at charter schools in Florida that are managed by Newpoint Education Partners — a company that hopes to open two charter schools in
Wake and New Hanover
counties — the
Board indicated Wednesday that they are likely to temporarily put the brakes on allowing that charter management company to do business in North Carolina, a decision that will be determined in a final vote Thursday.
With
Wake County and Charlotte - Mecklenburg school
board members packing the room, Rep. Bill Brawley, the committee co-chairman, said the group isn't targeting any specific school systems but is trying to inform the debate about whether some districts are too large.
Wake County Manager Jim Hartmann presented his budget to the
Board of...
Likewise, voters in
Wake County, North Carolina, did the right thing in producing a Democratic school
board sweep for candidates supportive of a nationally recognized school integration plan in the city of Raleigh and the surrounding suburbs.
Before that happened, the State
Board of Education filed a declaratory judgment action in
Wake County Superior Court against private schools, saying that religious schools didn't have a first amendment issue.
They voted to require applicants for public assistance to take drug tests before receiving benefits and they passed legislation changing the elections for the
Wake County School
Board and gerrymandering the district lines to make it easier for Republicans to get elected.
The wise and all - knowing senators also decided to tell the people of
Wake County how their school
board will be elected because you can't let communities have any say about how their local schools are governed.
Some parties, including the former conservative school
board majority in
Wake County, even argued that it was even somehow forbidden.
Everyone in
Wake County benefits from that growth; it is tangible, and we need to continue finding ways to highlight the contributions of the arts,» says area businessman Milo Brunick, chair of the United Arts Council
Board of Directors.
Three members of the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC)-- Dr. Patrick Miller, Green
County Schools Superintendent; Dr. Andrew Sioberg, Service Support Coordinator with NCDPI Educator Effectiveness Division; and Ms. Jen DeNeal, Policy Fellow with the NC
Board of Education — joined
Wake BTLN members at WakeEd Partnership on March 15, 2018, to discuss their work in redesigning North Carolina's teacher licensure and preparation programs.
The latest alert came Tuesday from
Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Superintendent James Merrill, who offered several thorny options to
Wake school
board members for filling a projected $ 26 million budget gap caused by the state's class size requirements.
Simmons added that the school
board has set a deadline of May 15 to send its proposed budget to
Wake County commissioners for action.
Presenters: Keith Sutton,
Wake County Public School System, School
Board Member (NC) Jennifer Bell, SAS Institute, Senior Education Consultant (NC) Rashid Davis
Join
Wake County School
Board Member, Keith Sutton, and his equity data partner from SAS Institute, in this 75 - minute interactive workshop.
The
Wake County School
Board heard from WCPSS staff on Sept. 6 about changes coming to...
Opponents of economic desegregation gained a majority on Raleigh's
Wake County School
Board in an election last fall.
Kushner, a Princeton graduate in public policy who has lived in
Wake County for over 20 years, was elected to the
board in 2010.
My next stop in
Wake County is at a Whole Foods grocery store to meet with
Wake school
board member Christine Kushner.
In the face of growing opposition and political turmoil, the
Wake County school board eventually curtailed and then phased out the county's centrally coordinated income - integration program, opting for continuity, predictability, and convenience over dive
County school
board eventually curtailed and then phased out the
county's centrally coordinated income - integration program, opting for continuity, predictability, and convenience over dive
county's centrally coordinated income - integration program, opting for continuity, predictability, and convenience over diversity.
Wake County, NC — Reflections on the election of a new school
board, whose members promised to support neighborhood schools and keep kids closer to home, in a community with a longstanding school integration plan.
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit challenging
Wake County's school
board election maps.
Susan Evans, a
Wake County school
board member, expressed concerns about the possibility of increasing costs for students.