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The success of controlled-choice hinges on keeping all schools in Wake County desirable. At the same time the plan does not attempt to reduce the current 22 percent of schools where more than 50 percent of students receive free and reduced lunch. We look at this and other potential pitfalls of the new assignment plan.
With diversity gone from the assignment policy and balancing student achievement low on the list of priorities, magnet schools will now bear the brunt of balancing achievement. Photo by Editor B.
Under a new state law, mental health agencies are required to become HMO-like organizations by January 2013. Wake County tried to create an independent program, but state officials denied the county’s application. Now Wake County mental health services will merge with Durham’s. And county officials say that might be the best outcome in a difficult situation.
A new state law requires counties to either create a new HMO-like agency or join an existing one to spend Medicaid money on mental health. The move has been called “mental health reform round two.” Wake County tried, but failed, to create a new program, so its Medicaid mental health service will be taken over by an outside organization.
The complexities of the little-understood WCPSS controlled-choice assignment plan are locked in its 87 pages. Education reporter Will Huntsberry breaks the plan down in three pieces. Part 1: How it Works. Part 2: Where Magnets Fit. Part 3: Potential Weak Spots.
BPAC will petition the state to extend the bike lane pilot program on Hillsborough Street. Plus, Occupy Raleigh, the city audit and other decisions from Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Durham County residents voted to increase their sales tax to improve public transportation. Could Wake County be next?
For many Raleigh residents, the excitement of a film shooting in downtown Raleigh was overshadowed by the excitement of seeing movie stars Colin Firth and Emily Blunt.
A general election, a runoff and half a million dollars later, diversity supporters regain the majority on the Wake County Board of Education.
State officials denied Wake County’s application to form an independent mental health management organization. Now, county mental health services will be merged into a new organization that oversees Durham, Johnston and Cumberland counties.
