WAKE COUNTY – Voters must approve the $970 million school bond on Nov. 7 to continue building on the 30-year legacy of the merged Wake County Public School System, say business leaders representing North Carolina’s premier local education fund. Wake Education Partnership shared this message with more than 600 business leaders, elected officials, parents, educators […]
WAKE COUNTY – Fifteen Wake County public schools will start the new school year with some additional funding. The schools won challenge grants from Wake Education Partnership through their participation in the 2006 Annual Fund for Education campaign. “The School Challenge Campaign provides an important link to the Annual Fund for Education,” said Del Burns,
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WAKE COUNTY – Lillian Dawson, a senior at Broughton High School, is the 2006 recipient of the Susan Ellis Roberts Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor of a former Wake County public school teacher and administrator who sought throughout her life and career to encourage creativity and leadership, particularly in those students she described
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WAKE COUNTY – More than 80 high-level business executives from across Wake County met today with elected officials and school leaders to discuss issues facing the Wake County Public School System. “The State of Our Schools: An Executive Forum on Public Education in Wake County,” hosted by Wake Education Partnership, covered topics including the operating
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WAKE COUNTY – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its new chair of the Board of Trustees for 2006-07. Rusine Mitchell-Sinclair, Vice President of Strategy and Implementation and N.C. senior state executive with IBM, was named head of the Partnership’s Trustees at last week’s meeting. A 24-year veteran of IBM with
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[et_pb_section bb_built=\”1\”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”][et_pb_text] WAKE COUNTY – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its executive leadership team for 2006-07. John McKinney, director of corporate and external affairs of BellSouth, has been elected chair of the board of directors, and Virginia Parker, president of Inspire! Leadership Group, will serve as chair-elect. Other officers include:
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