Jul 22, 2015 | Newsletter
Who among us isn’t proud to call Wake County home? A center of innovation, a vibrant commercial and cultural hub, a beautiful natural environment with well managed urban areas, and of course – a great public school system. For the past 15 years, Wake County has been...
Jul 22, 2015 | Newsletter
As a parent I can remember the nervous excitement my kids had on the first day of school. There is always potential for many new and amazing things to happen. A new school year brings challenging opportunities for students and teachers. It’s also a time to look back...
Jul 13, 2015 | Newsletter, SummerSTEM
The idea that students experience a “reading slump” during the summer season is commonplace. New research indicates that the “slump” also has a profound impact on students’ comprehension of scientific, technological engineering and...
Jun 19, 2015 | In Context
You may remember the calls for book donations earlier this spring. Those were a part of WAKE Up and Read’s second annual book drive. WAKE Up & Read exceeded their goal and collected well over 100,000 books at 150 collection sites around Wake County. They...
Jun 19, 2015 | In Context
When the Senate’s budget was announced this week, comparisons to the House budget were immediate. The results of those comparisons were staggering. And WCPSS find itself in a familiar yet uncomfortable decision point. The Senate budget reduces teaching assistants by...
Jun 19, 2015 | In Context
At the Board of Education meeting this past Tuesday, Chief Finance Officer David Neter walked the school board through the implications of the proposed House and Senate budgets and calmly explained the ramifications of each for the Wake County Public School System....
Jun 19, 2015 | In Context
The Wake County Commissioners voted Monday to approve and adopt an amended budget. This budget provides a $44.6 million increase over last year’s local fiscal support to the Wake County Public School System. The total amount of support for WCPSS will be $386...
Jun 16, 2015 | Newsletter
The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to approve an amended budget. This budget provides a $44.6 million increase over last year’s local fiscal support to the Wake County Public School System. The total amount of support for WCPSS will be $386...
Jun 16, 2015 | Newsletter, Partners Read
Read with a child from birth to the first day of kindergarten to create more than 130 hours of vocabulary development. Read 30-minutes per day and a child digests 900 hours of “brain food.” That equals a one-month head start compared to students who receive only...
Jun 16, 2015 | Newsletter
Timing is everything! This has become such a familiar catch phrase that it’s sometimes easy to miss the real message. Many people consider it to be a reference to “luck” or to “being in the right place at the right time.” I prefer to think of this phrase as a...
