WCPSS staff have grappled with next year’s instructional calendars for months now. And that’s not hyperbole. Many options have been considered. The problems are parameters that state statute dictates for the school calendar and the (un)lucky fall of calendar dates....
Staff presented the first draft of the WCPSS Enrollment Plan for 2016-17 at the Board of Education work session on Tuesday. This is the second year staff has implanted a draft process. The top order of business is to fill five new schools that will open next fall. ...
The conferees working on the state budget have agreed on the amount they will spend: $21.74 billion. This is $265 million more than the budget passed by the Senate, and $420 million less than the budget passed by the House. The House budget funded Driver Education and...
As we noted earlier this week in a WakeEdge alert on budget consequences, WCPSS will suspend driver education at the end of this week. Offering classes during the months of July and August have cost the district $500,000. Chief Business Officer David Neter noted on...
The Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) met on Monday. During the meeting, draft recommendations for Math and English Language Arts standards were shared. The recommendations for Math standards are primarily: Repeal current K-8 math standards and replace them...
by Zachary Hodges, WakeEd Intern I stumbled across Common Core during my first week as an intern here at WakeEd and knew that understanding this set of standards was important to understanding the climate of education in Wake County and North Carolina. Common Core...
