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Zora Felton
District: Wake County School Board District 7
Age: 62
Occupation: Retired July 1 from Wake County Schools. Taught for 25 years. City of Residence: Raleigh
Incumbent: No
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Do you have children in the district? If so, explain. All three of my children graduated from Wake County Schools.
Deborah Prickett
District: Wake County School Board District 7
Age: 59
Occupation: Program Administrator/Education Consultant with Department of Public Instruction
City of Residence: Raleigh
Incumbent: Yes, 4 years
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Do you have children in the district? If so, explain. I do have a child, and my child just graduated from Wake County Public Schools. So he has attended all Wake County Schools throughout his entire K-12 years with the school system. The school board has been divided over partisan politics in recent years.
Four candidates have tossed their hats into the ring for three of the four seats up for election on the Wake school board. The Oct. 8 election could be the last with the current district boundaries before the new redistricting law goes into effect in 2016.
With a drastic redrawing of the Wake school district map, state legislators will make school board members will play a round of musical chairs in 2016.
Members of the Wake County school board voted this week to hire Jim Merrill as superintendent. With a new schools chief coming in, we thought this would be a good opportunity to look back at the recent history of division and partisan politics on the board.
About 300 people gathered in front of the Wake County legislative delegation at the state capitol Monday to voice their concern over pending legislation that would impact the school board and plans for a park on the Dorothea Dix property.
A recent bid by the Wake County Commission to take over school site ownership and construction isn’t new. In fact, the Commission has been trying to change the way schools are built since at least 2002.
From the editor: Raleigh City Councilors are working this month to pass a rewrite of the city zoning that’s been in the works for three years. The Wake County Board of Education is looking for a new member to replace Deborah Goldman, but there’s also the issue of hiring a new superintendent.
The Wake County School Board’s first 2013 meeting Tuesday focused on the search for a new school superintendent. That and replacing a board member are two key goals in the first few months of the year.
Last week Tony Tata took sides in school board politics more publicly and vocally since he started the job as superintendent a year ago. The week began with him accusing two board members of ethical violations and ended with his apology.
