The Wake County school board received a budget presentation last night with the highest increase in local funding ever requested, and more than 80 percent of that requested increase maintains the status quo. The $58.9 million increase in spending from Wake County...
UPDATE: The WCPSS School Board voted unanimously to approve the plan described below at its April 10, 2018 meeting. There is no “one size fits all” solution for implementing the K-3 class size reduction law in Wake County Public Schools. That was the message from...
The selection of the next superintendent of Wake County Public Schools in in your hands. The school board has opened a survey to the public for feedback on the qualities and characteristics of the next superintendent. This is the first step in the process to replace...
An evolution has occurred in the online North Carolina School Report Cards database that makes it easier for users to understand how a school has performed in growth and achievement on standardized tests. State Superintendent Mark Johnson unveiled the revamped website...
The surprise announcement by WCPSS Superintendent Dr. James Merrill that he will retire effective Feb. 1, 2018 will end an era unlike any other in the school system’s history. Merrill read from a statement at the school board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21, saying that...
The public’s last chance to weigh in on the methods North Carolina will use to measure school performance success ends Friday, July 27. The way the state Department of Public Instruction plans to evaluate schools is changing because of requirements in the 2015 Every...
