Oct 23, 2015 | In Context
WCPSS Chief Operating Officer David Neter provided a spending plan for reserve funds identified for special projects. Items included in the list are non-recurring. Many were initially included as business cases for the 2015-2016 budget, but did not make the final...
Oct 12, 2015 | In Context
Draft two of the 2016-2017 Student Enrollment Proposal was presented by WCPSS staff to the school board on Tuesday afternoon. Having received almost 1,500 online comments from more than 500 people regarding draft one, staff made changes to the plan. Those changes...
Oct 12, 2015 | In Context
Changes continue for the WCPSS magnet program. Recently three schools were added to the slate and several others were identified for a refresh of their magnet themes. Now, changes are being made to the way magnet schools select students to attend. These are known as...
Oct 12, 2015 | In Context
The NC legislature approved and passed a budget in September that provided all teachers with a $750 increase in salary and a one-step advancement on the teacher pay schedule. But back in June, the Wake County Commissioners approved a budget that provided an additional...
Oct 12, 2015 | In Context
The Academic Standards Review Commission is still at work. Recently they hosted teacher focus groups in Raleigh, Wilmington, Pembroke, and the Sandhills region. The goal is to gather teacher feedback on the how the Common Core is affecting curriculum and classrooms. ...
Sep 18, 2015 | Newsletter
I’m the younger of two sons, an avid movie buff, experimental writer and a proud product of WCPSS. I’ve lived in Fuquay-Varina my entire life, but I attended West Lake Elementary and Middle before going on to graduate from Fuquay-Varina High School. I was accepted to...
Sep 18, 2015 | Newsletter
When people ask me where I am from I usually say Hillsborough, but really I am from a tiny town north of Hillsborough called Hurdle Mills. I am a middle child with one older brother and one younger brother. Even though I always did what I wanted, I was always...
Sep 18, 2015 | Newsletter
There are precious few institutions in the Triangle like WakeEd Partnership that have become woven into the fabric of the community. When the Clayton family arrived in Raleigh 25 years ago in 1990 with three school-aged boys, WakeEd was already hard at work supporting...
Sep 18, 2015 | Newsletter
Often we forget about the entire community of educators behind our students’ success in Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). Though they work hard to improve our community every day, they aren’t shown the recognition they have earned. On October 14,...
Sep 18, 2015 | In Context
Gov. McCrory has signaled that he will sign the budget into law on Friday. This after two votes from the House – one late Thursday night, and one very early Friday morning. There has been feverish exploration of the budget since its release late on Monday night. But...
