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WakeEd Wednesdays is a video series produced to simplify many of the complexities of North Carolina’s largest school district, the Wake County Public School System. With more than 180 schools, 160,000 students, and 11,000 teachers, WCPSS has a major impact on all Wake County residents regardless of whether they have children enrolled in the schools.
BOE Supports Calendar Flexibility
Expect the Board of Education to support bills providing additional calendar flexibility. Numerous bill have been introduced that seek greater flexibility for school systems to set school calendars. Many are local bills that apply to specific counties. House Bill...
Capping Plan in Place for Enloe High
The WCPSS Board of Education voted to approve a capping plan for Enloe High for the 2015-2016 school year. The cap is for the number of base assigned students to Enloe High, and will not impact the number of magnet seats. Base students capped out of Enloe High will...
WAKE Up and Read Book Drive Extended
The ice and snow may have kept you indoors for a few days for each of the last two weeks. Did you find any extra children’s books around your house? Order any extra from Amazon? The WAKE Up and Read Book Drive has been extended until March 16th! Collection sites...
Hypothetical Budgets – Real Priorities
The WCPSS school board met for their winter budget retreat on Saturday, February 14. The meeting featured a barbershop quartet, casual conversation, and weekend jeans. It also provided a look inside how the school board may approach the coming budget building...
What Stuff Costs – WCPSS Edition
For reviewing budget priorities with the Board of Education, Chief Finance Officer David Neter put together cost estimates for consideration. We thought you’d be interested in seeing what some prioritized items cost.
Community Feedback Sought on Standards
The Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), charged with reviewing the North Carolina’s adopted academic standards (the Common Core), needs your input. The Department of Public Instruction has launched an online survey to collect community feedback on the...
The New WakeEd
Wake Education Partnership has a proud 32-year history as a leading facilitator for connecting business and community resources with the Wake County Public School System. Our efforts to create a better school system have put more than a million dollars directly into...
Six Action Steps to Handle Our Brand Change
From the first day of school to your first day of work, change can be a scary proposition. Not all changes are bad, though. Sometimes a simple change can help you be more efficient, flexible and place you on the path to make a greater impact. That’s what our...
The New WakeEd
Wake Education Partnership has a proud 32-year history as a leading facilitator for connecting business and community resources with the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). Our efforts to create a better school system have put more than a million dollars...
Connecting the Dots
A lot of things can change over two decades. For example, hundreds of thousands of people can move to Wake County, surging our population past one million residents. Education itself has changed and so have the voices wanting input on the way students are educated....
Prioritize Achievement AND Reward Growth
On February 5, the NC Department of Public Instruction released the new school report cards. The report cards are new because they feature a letter grade for each school. The letter grade is known as the School Performance Grade, and it is determined by a formula that...
And Four Become One: East Wake High Redesign
At the February 3 WCPSS school board meeting, board members unanimously approved consolidating East Wake’s four individual high schools back into one, comprehensive East Wake High. The move is the first official step in what will be the complete redesign of East Wake...
Long Division – Teacher Supplement Increase Approved
You remember long division, yes? In this instance, the math goes something like this: How much of a teacher supplement increase can $3.75 million provide for just about 10,000 teachers? The short answer is: about $375. Per year. Pre-tax. Which, divided over 10...
Enloe High School Overflow
WCPSS staff expect that just over 100 students will be capped out at Enloe High School for the 2015-2016 school year. This number is based on data from the 2014-2015 year. During the first three months of the school year, Enloe added 113 students to its base...
Capping Schools and Needing Seats in Central Raleigh
Students who will be capped out of Enloe High School for next year are yet to have a place to land when the school year begins. School board and staff discussions have considered both Southeast Raleigh High and Broughton High as options. Both have been dismissed as...
High School Redesign – Knightdale High
In the past year Area Superintendent Dr. Edward McFarland and new principal Dr. Jim Argent have been working on a complete redesign of Knightdale High. For the 2015-2016 school year, the school will begin with a new name and a new focus: Knightdale High School of...
Of What Do School Board Members Dream?
Expansion of Pre-K programs for low-income children. Student health centers at every high school. High school graduates conversant in a second language. Three years of coaching for new school principals. Lower class sizes at schools with higher levels of high...
New Strategic Plan Approved
The WCPSS Board of Education approved the new strategic plan. Some media reports and community discussion have focused solely on the 95% graduation rate goal. But it is important to understand this strategic plan focuses heavily on how to ensure graduating students...
WCPSS Strategic Plan Proposed
Co-chairs of the Strategic Planning Working Team, Mr. Phil Kirk and Dr. Marvin Connelly, presented the work they and 38 others have been at for the past six months. The proposed strategic plan includes vision and mission statements, six core beliefs, and a goal...
Budget Updates on CIP 2013
Asst. Superintendent for Facilities Joe Desormeaux provided a budget update to the Board of Education on current construction projects. Project cost estimates are higher than initially assumed in putting together budget scenarios. Desormeaux noted that structural...
Fewer Schools Capped for 2015-2016
School officials are recommending that enrollment caps be removed from fourteen schools for next school year. They are: Alston Ridge, Brooks, Cedar Fork, Combs, Forest Pines, Green, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Jones Dairy, Lacy, Leesville, and North Ridge elementary...
Ten-Point Grading Scale Will Apply to All Beginning with 2015-2016 School Year
The NC Board of Education voted today to begin full implementation of a 10 point grading scale with the start of the 2015-2016 school year. This means that all high school students will earn grades on a ten-point grading scale beginning next year. Initially, the NC...
How Far Does $3.75 Million Go?
That’s the question for the WCPSS Board of Education. For this school year, county commissioners approved a recurring $3.75 million to apply to teacher supplements. This money is a local addition to state base salaries. It helps Wake County attract and retain high...
Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – or Not Over Driver Education
No – we’re not recommending artists for you to check out with the iTunes gift cards you may receive over the holidays. We’re referring to the situation that WCPSS and other districts now face as they work to solve a budget hole created by the legislature. Beginning...
Bengal = CAT
Fuquay-Varina High (home of the Bengals) has developed an award-winning Pre-Apprenticeship Program with Caterpillar, Inc. The Caterpillar Assembly Pre-Apprenticeship is a year and a half program that prepares students for employment at the Caterpillar plant located in...
To Cap or To Reassign
The school board voted to approve the 2015-2016 school enrollment plan on December 2nd. The plan moves 2,734 students primarily to fill three new schools that will open next year. Student movement also addresses overcrowding, aligns school calendars across grade...
Wake Education Partnership Receives $40,000 Childhood Literacy Grant From PricewaterhouseCoopers
On Behalf of Wake Education Partnership: Amanda Romano (919) 233-6600 amanda@mmipublicrelations.com http://mmipublicrelations.com http://twitter.com/MMIPR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 16, 2014 Wake Education Partnership Receives $40,000 Childhood Literacy Grant From...
School Enrollment Plan – Draft Three
At the November 2nd school board work session, staff presented the third (and final) draft of the 2015-2016 School Enrollment Proposal. The proposal affects a total of 2,724 students – 60 percent of whom are eligible to grandfather to stay at their current school. The...
Setting a Baseline for Instructional Technology
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 2013 provides $26.5 million for instructional technology and $38.4 million for technology infrastructure. Improvements to infrastructure will include a reworking of wireless and network capacities that will make possible 1:1 (one to one)...
The Ten-Point Grading Scale – Coming to a High School Transcript Near You
The last time you submitted assignments and received grades was likely in college or graduate school. And most colleges and graduate schools award grades on a ten-point grading scale. That same grading scale has been adopted by the State Board of Education for NC’s...
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