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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 public high schools starting with next year’s freshman students. The current […]

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Magnet School Expansion

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Five new schools will get magnet school status and will join slate of thirty-four that WCPSS currently offers. Broughton High and Daniels Middle will return to magnet status. These two schools had magnet designation in the past, but both lost magnet programs in 2008. They will now be Global Studies magnets. Together they will provide a

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Vernon Malone College and Career Academy Will Add Ninth Grade

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A freshman class will join the student body of the Vernon Malone College and Career Academy for the 2015-2016 school year. WCPSS staff recommended adding the ninth grade to the school\’s grade span during the October 7th Board of Education work session, and the Board of Education voted to approve this addition on October 21st.

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School Enrollment Plan – Second Draft

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Changes have been made to the School Enrollment Plan first released by WCPSS staff back in August. They reflect feedback that was provided by the community. And let’s just say that the community did a great job of providing that feedback. Senior Director Laura Evans reported more than 4,000 comments and suggestions on the first

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A Final Budget Adopted

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A final budget was presented to, and adopted by, the Board of Education for the 2014-2015 school year. As discussed in a prior edition of In Context, the district faced an overall reduction in state funding of $1.5 million. With legislative teacher raises other benefit cost increases, they also faced an additional $11.1 million in

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Shift in Budget Approach: Continuation Versus Base

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We’ve written about this before, but a second look is worth taking. In this past legislative session, a change was made in how the biennial state budget will be prepared. In past years, state agencies were able to prepare a continuation budget that reflected predicted changes. For example, the Department of Public Instruction was able

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Driver’s Education Funding: Dead End Ahead

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One of the many responsibilities that school districts have in North Carolina is to provide Driver’s Education to students. The responsibility includes all students in a county, which includes those attending private, charter, or home-based schools. WCPSS Chief Finance Officer David Neter reported during the recent Board of Education meeting that the final state budget

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Teacher Supplement Pay – A Differentiated Approach

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The Board of Education unanimously voted to request an additional $3.75 million in funding from the Wake County Commissioners that has been reserved for teacher supplemental pay. County commissioners made the offer back during budget negotiations as a local effort to boost teacher pay. That the Board of Education voted to request the funding is

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The Vernon Malone College and Career Academy – An All Too Familiar Parable

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Remember the story about three people, all blindfolded and describing parts of an animal they were all holding? One noted a wide and floppy part – another a narrow flexible part with hair at the end – and yet another a large, round, and tall column-like part. All were describing parts of an elephant –

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WCPSS Market Share

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How has WCPSS market share fared over the years, as school options have increased? A long view shows – pretty well. Over the last 14 years, consistently more than 80 percent of all students in Wake County have attended WCPSS schools. This includes a high of 84.8 percent in 2001 and a low of 82.5

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