At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Supt. Merrill released his proposed 2015-2016 budget for the Wake County Public School System. The $1.4 billion budget includes a local funding request increase of just over $48 million. This results in a total local funding request of $387.6 million. Local funds would provide 33 percent of the overall […]
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The superintendent’s proposed budget assumes that the state will fully fund student growth. In prior years, student enrollment growth was automatically included in annual budget formation. That is no longer the case. A state budget must be adopted before districts will know whether or not enrollment growth funding will occur. Here’s a short history of
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I watched my fair share of Schoolhouse Rock as a kid. Remember How a Bill Becomes a Law? Poor Bill…he languished in committee and waited in line to be signed. I’m not so sure that Bill would even recognize this bill’s journey. Introduced on March 4, made law on April 2, Senate Bill 181 traveled
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At the Board of Education work session on Tuesday, staff presented proposed bell schedule changes for the 2015-2016 school year. Bell schedules were proposed for the three new schools. Abbotts Creek Elementary and Scotts Ridge Elementary will both operate on the third tier schedule, with start and end times of 9:15 AM and 3:45 PM.
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On Monday, the Academic Standards Review Commission met to hear testimony from two well-known, outspoken critics of the Common Core, Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram. Testimony given by the two did not differ from what they’ve issued before. Both take issue with how the standards were developed. Stotsky believes the English Language Arts
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As a former educator, there is nothing quieter to me than a school hallway at night. Maybe it’s the contrast to the volume of life and activity found there during the day. Wednesday night, the hallways at East Wake High were just that quiet. But behind the door to the media center, there was a
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The NC State Board of Education’s Task Force on Summative Assessment met on March 13, 2015. At this meeting, the task force presented a draft framework of assessment that included two models. The first model, for grades three through eight, eliminates NC End-of-Grade tests. It replaces them with a system of periodic assessments that, “serves
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On Monday, a county commissioner work session on budget priorities featured Supt. Jim Merrill and Chief Business Officer David Neter, and school board chair Christine Kushner. They shared information on priorities the school board and school system are considering for the upcoming budget season. The meeting was described by Supt. Merrill as NOT a pre-budget
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Media Contacts: Amanda Romano MMI (919) 233-6600 amanda@mmipublicrelations.com http://mmipublicrelations.com http://twitter.com/MMIPR Wake Education Partnership Announces Rebrand As WakeEd New brand enhances mission for educational excellence in Wake County public schools Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 23, 2015 – Wake Education Partnership, a nonprofit that works to connect public schools and the business community, today announced that it
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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 137 provides this flexibility to all counties and districts in the state Why are districts seeking
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