In advance of the Wake County School Board meeting scheduled for later today, we went in the field yesterday with a flash poll to gauge Wake County voters’ opinions of the more contentious issues. And the results were pretty surprising. Those issues we thought were supposed contentious really aren’t. The [...]
You might remember a month ago after the Republicans swept the Wake County School Board elections that Clay Aiken came out and publicly denounced their plans to do away with “diversity” busing. His words caused him a minor controversy of his own as he was outed (yet again) as still [...]
The News & Observer reports this morning on the letter that Wake County School Board Chair Ron Margiotta sent to magnet principals assuring them that the new board has no plans to abolish the magnet program.
As Rob noted yesterday on the Pulse, the fears of magnet supporters are hardly unjustified. [...]
The newest members of the Wake County School Board have vowed to end the school system’s policy of promoting diversity by balancing percentages of low-income students within the public schools.
Now the State Superintendent of North Carolina’s Public Schools is weighing in.
June Atkinson says diversity is a critical component of a [...]
Compare and contrast these two items:
#1 – Raleigh’s News & Observer – May 13 2009:
Wake County School board member Ron Margiotta got some negative reaction from other board members last week when he proposed elimination of the district’s vaunted magnet program.”
#2 – Letter to magnet school [...]
In this edition of “Monday numbers,” Chris Fitzsimon gives some interesting facts about the Wake County School Board, its members and supporters.
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One doesn't have to do much digging to be reminded of how uninformed and ideological the far right can be when it comes to the public education. This week's remarkable events in Wake County (in which a newly elected group' [...]
Chris Fitzsimon attended the Wake County School Board meeting and shares his perspectives on the strong-arm tactics used by the newly sworn-in members in his column entitled “The dismantling begins.”
In his commentary “The press conference before the cart,” Fitzsimon chastises Gov. Bev Perdue for promising what she can’t [...]
Kevin Hill, who was replaced as Wake County school board chairman on Tuesday by the new majority, wants everyone to believe he was surprised he was replaced. Really?
Former chairman Kevin Hill, who was booted from his post Tuesday, said Wednesday that he was surprised by the demotion [...]
For years he’s been a minority voice on the Wake County school board, but yesterday, Ron Margiotta was elected chairman of the board by the new 5-4 majority. The new board didn’t waste time taking action, much to the chagrin of other members. And what about the new members’ [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but at 3 p.m. today, the new Wake County school board will be sworn in. Four new members who campaigned against the current board policy of busing kids across the county to achieve economic “balance” will join Ron Margiotta as the new governing [...]
The four newest members of the Wake County School Board will be sworn in December 1st.
While they have pledged to lead the public schools in a new direction, the president of Wake Education Partnership says there’s much to consider before making sweeping changes.
Dr. Ann Denlinger discusses growth, diversity, and the [...]
The reform candidates who take their seats on the Wake County school board next month may not be done with pushing for change, reports Carolina Journal’s David Bass. Are countywide elections next?
In the past, critics have argued that at-large races and a revision of the elections schedule could have [...]
Entertainer Clay Aiken is calling the newly elected Wake County school board members “selfish idiots” and says he hopes the public can get rid of them before they “ruin the school system.”
This fall, four school board members were elected to office to help form a new majority that backs neighborhood [...]
