On Tuesday night, the 2016-17 Student Enrollment Proposal was approved by the school board. The plan moves approximately 3,300 students, or roughly two percent of the student population. According to a WCPSS Media Advisory, about half of those students will be...
Election season is heating up. And, in case you don’t remember, all nine school board seats are up for re-election next fall. About half of the seats would have been up for election this most recent election cycle. However, in 2013 Senate Bill 325 (signed into law...
Tuesday night saw the election of new leadership on the Wake County Board of Education. Tom Benton was elected chair and Monika Johnson-Hostler was elected vice chair. Both were elected unanimously. They will serve one year terms between now and next fall’s school...
On Tuesday night, the Board of Education made plain their displeasure with the General Assembly’s approach to school grades and associated repercussions. The General Assembly’s Appropriations Bill changed how schools were designated as low performing. Last school...
The school board received the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Always of great interest? The fund balance. This is the amount of money left in the general fund of the school system. The greatest source of revenue for the...
The number of schools with capped enrollment is recommended to grow from 11 to 17 for the 2016-2017 school year. Schools are capped when they have “reached the maximum number of students they can effectively teach.” This includes using all the available permanent...
