| WakeEdge
WCPSS is requesting $58.9 million in new spending for the 2018-19 school year. This includes $48 million in new spending necessary to maintain the current level of service.
| Advocacy, WakeEd Wednesdays
Above all, WakeEd Partnership supports teachers so they can achieve the dreams they have for their students. As the NC General Assembly opens today, we will continue to advocate for higher salaries and better policies that enable Wake County to recruit and retain the...
| WakeEdge
Wake County Manager David Ellis proposed increasing the spending for WCPSS by $30 million in fiscal 2018-19. That’s well below the $58.9 million the school board’s requested increase. The school system says it will take $48 million just to maintain the same level of service as this school year.
| Events, Programs, SummerSTEM, WakeEd, WakeEd Wednesdays
During SummerSTEM 2017-2018, 100 Wake County Public School System educators were embedded in 20 STEM companies to experience first-hand the workplace they are preparing students to enter. The impact is seen each year at STEMposium, the culminating event of our...
| Advocacy, WakeEd Wednesdays
The Wake County Public School System recently requested $5 million to hire more school counselors, social workers, and psychologists for the 2018-2019 school year. Crystal Reardon, Director of School Counseling for Wake County Public Schools, shares the importance of...