News in Brief
WCPSS Announces High School Graduations
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Wake County high schools will hold graduations this week and next, often affecting areas in downtown Raleigh.
County Government
Troubles Ahead for New School Design and Construction
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The Wake County Board of Education could have trouble moving forward on new school construction projects as Wake County Commissioners continue to seek more involvement in the process.
News in Brief
WCPSS To Start Late Tuesday
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Wake County Public Schools will operate on two-hour delay on Tuesday due to expected record cold temperatures.
News
Merrill to be Wake’s Third Superintendent in as Many Years
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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.
Featured
New New Assignment Plan: No Clear Measure for Balance
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The Wake County Board of Education met Tuesday to hear the outline of how the third assignment policy in three years might work for Wake schools. Members delayed upcoming public hearings and questioned the lack of a clear diversity component.
News
Wake’s Achievement Gap, Part 1: Vulnerable Students Further Behind
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In a four-part series, we take an in-depth look at the differences in achievement among the different demographic groups in Wake County. While the gap has closed slightly in the last four years, it is significantly larger than in the early 2000s.
News
School Planning Assumptions Don’t Directly Address Urban Environment
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Wake County schools currently builds elementary schools on 20-acre tracts of land. But 20 acres is hard to find in Raleigh, where school capacity is stretched thin.
News
Understanding How Wake County Decides Where to Build Schools
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As the new controlled-choice plan has been rolled out, capacity issues across the county have begun to rear there head. A major study to identify places for new schools begins this summer.
City Council
Councilors Voice Doubts About Raleigh’s School Capacity
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On Tuesday, Raleigh city council discussed whether the school system’s plans for growth and school capacity align with the city’s plans for higher density. Some councilors stressed the need for Wake to find capacity and emphasized the crucial relationship between city and schools.
News
Some Families Still Unaware They Need to Make a Choice
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Round 2 of school assignment choice is in its final days, but the school system does not know how many parents still need to choose. Some families chose at a registration drive Tuesday, but just blocks away, some kindergarten families still weren’t aware they had to make a decision at all.
