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Setting a Baseline for Instructional Technology

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 2013 provides $26.5 million for instructional technology and $38.4 million for technology infrastructure. Improvements to infrastructure will include a reworking of wireless and network capacities that will make possible 1:1 (one to one) connection density on campuses. Currently, all campuses have wireless access, but connections are not robust enough to support every […]

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Vernon Malone College and Career Academy Will Add Ninth Grade

WakeEd

A freshman class will join the student body of the Vernon Malone College and Career Academy for the 2015-2016 school year. WCPSS staff recommended adding the ninth grade to the school\’s grade span during the October 7th Board of Education work session, and the Board of Education voted to approve this addition on October 21st.

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School Enrollment Plan – Second Draft

WakeEd

Changes have been made to the School Enrollment Plan first released by WCPSS staff back in August. They reflect feedback that was provided by the community. And let’s just say that the community did a great job of providing that feedback. Senior Director Laura Evans reported more than 4,000 comments and suggestions on the first

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Shift in Budget Approach: Continuation Versus Base

WakeEd

We’ve written about this before, but a second look is worth taking. In this past legislative session, a change was made in how the biennial state budget will be prepared. In past years, state agencies were able to prepare a continuation budget that reflected predicted changes. For example, the Department of Public Instruction was able

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Driver’s Education Funding: Dead End Ahead

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One of the many responsibilities that school districts have in North Carolina is to provide Driver’s Education to students. The responsibility includes all students in a county, which includes those attending private, charter, or home-based schools. WCPSS Chief Finance Officer David Neter reported during the recent Board of Education meeting that the final state budget

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Teacher Supplement Pay – A Differentiated Approach

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The Board of Education unanimously voted to request an additional $3.75 million in funding from the Wake County Commissioners that has been reserved for teacher supplemental pay. County commissioners made the offer back during budget negotiations as a local effort to boost teacher pay. That the Board of Education voted to request the funding is

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WCPSS

Setting a Baseline for Instructional Technology

Vernon Malone College and Career Academy Will Add Ninth Grade

School Enrollment Plan – Second Draft

Shift in Budget Approach: Continuation Versus Base

Driver’s Education Funding: Dead End Ahead

Teacher Supplement Pay – A Differentiated Approach

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