At a Facilities Committee meeting on April 15, Joe Desormeaux, Assistant Superintendent for Facilities, identified $348 million per year in new schools, major renovations, life cycle replacements, and land acquisition over the next six years. This keeps pace with the number of new students expected to arrive in Wake County, which is just over 3,200 […]
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You could say that making up days missed by inclement weather this spring has been problematic. You’d also be understating the issue. A bit. School board members heard recommendations from staff on inclement weather make-up days for the 2015-2016 school calendars (traditional, year-round, and modified). Staff presented options that included use of early release days,
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The Washington Post has released its annual list of the nation’s most challenging high schools. Thirteen WCPSS high schools are on the list. Rank School Index Excellence and Equity Percent Subsidized Lunch Percent 275 Enloe 4.123 45.00 35.90 616 Green Hope 3.032 60.20 6.30 1066 Broughton 2.292 30.00 35.50 1164 Millbrook 2.191
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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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