A little more than a month ago, Wake Education Partnership officially rebranded as “WakeEd Partnership.” We’ve updated collateral, printed new business cards, and have even installed new signs in our office. (You really should drop by to see them.) All of these actions have been important to our organization, but that is not why we […]
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Schools need money. As a 30-year veteran of the Wake County Public School System, I know that far better than most. In the last 7 years, spending on students in North Carolina has dropped by 13 percent per student, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Like many industries, schools are making up
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At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Supt. Merrill released his proposed 2015-2016 budget for the Wake County Public School System. The $1.4 billion budget includes a local funding request increase of just over $48 million. This results in a total local funding request of $387.6 million. Local funds would provide 33 percent of the overall
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The superintendent’s proposed budget assumes that the state will fully fund student growth. In prior years, student enrollment growth was automatically included in annual budget formation. That is no longer the case. A state budget must be adopted before districts will know whether or not enrollment growth funding will occur. Here’s a short history of
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I watched my fair share of Schoolhouse Rock as a kid. Remember How a Bill Becomes a Law? Poor Bill…he languished in committee and waited in line to be signed. I’m not so sure that Bill would even recognize this bill’s journey. Introduced on March 4, made law on April 2, Senate Bill 181 traveled
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At the Board of Education work session on Tuesday, staff presented proposed bell schedule changes for the 2015-2016 school year. Bell schedules were proposed for the three new schools. Abbotts Creek Elementary and Scotts Ridge Elementary will both operate on the third tier schedule, with start and end times of 9:15 AM and 3:45 PM.
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