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Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting met the promise of chaos set in previous weeks. Diversity supporters made their final stand against the new board majority’s community based assignment policy which eventually passed in a 5-4 vote. Photo: Board member John Tedesco voted to end the diversity policy.
Homeless people talk about their experiences with county services. This is the second part in a two-part series on gauging Wake County’s efforts to help people facing homelessness.
The city budget’s shortfall for the next fiscal year will be somewhere between $6 and 8 million, according to Russ Allen, Raleigh city manager. Allen gave city council the bad news at the first FY11 budget workshop Monday afternoon.
City council members could get another vote on bicycle lanes for Hillsborough Street at this week’s meeting. Councilors will also get to weigh in on changes to the Five Points neighborhood and talk about their hopes for the state legislature’s short session this spring. Photo by Will Butler.
In a closed meeting Tuesday night, the Wake County Board of Education chose to place Adelphus “Del” Burns, current superintendent for the school system, on paid administrative leave for the remainder of his contract.
A break down of the agendas for this week’s public meetings.
The Raleigh and Cary police departments say they think one man is responsible for four bank robberies in the area since November. The two departments along with Wachovia and SunTrust banks are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
A photo essay from this week’s school board meeting. The Wake County School Board voted 5-4 to end the economic diversity policy. The issue will be up for a second vote at the board’s next meeting. Read more about the meeting here.
Yesterday Wake County’s school board met amidst a packed house of supporters for Wake’s diversity policy and supporters for the new school board majority. The school board’s agenda for Tuesday received national coverage from the Associated Press and The New York Times because of the board majority’s intent to enact a resolution to end Wake’s diversity policy. The measure passed in a 5-4 vote.
The proposed public safety center finally got to a vote Tuesday after months of debate. The Raleigh City Council voted against moving ahead with the $205-million project in a 4-4 vote.
