The Board of Education Work Session on Tuesday was a half hour update on the progress of public infrastructure required for the construction of Bryan Road Elementary School (E31). Eight years ago, WCPSS purchased a 50-acre site on Bryan Road south of Garner for future construction of an elementary and middle school. Bryan Road was […]
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Back in December, WakeEd and WCPSS released an Economic Impact Report for the Wake County Public School System. The report found “large and significant” positive impacts on the local economy. Tax dollars invested in educating our students are not just dollars that disappear. The Wake County Public School System is a large employer with a
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The Wake County Public School System updated its projections for student enrollment growth this week. The new figures shift enrollment projections down by approximately 1,000 students each year. Enrollment projections are foundational to understanding the district’s need for additional seats. In 2013, Wake County voters approved a capital improvement plan providing $810 million in funding
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On December 10, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The Every Student Achieves Act replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB). It passed into law with overwhelming bipartisan support. So much so that President Obama was quoted as calling it, “a
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It still feels like late September outside these days. So it won’t be very hard to harken back to the late September rush to finish up the legislative session. Those days, people were paying attention to budget negotiations. But other work was going on as well, including work on Senate Bill 95. Short titled, “Achievement
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In schools across the US, the days and weeks leading up to Thanksgiving is special. Yes – there’s a long weekend ahead. It’s also notification time for teachers who have undertaken the National Board Certification (NBC) process. This fall, 48 WCPSS teachers received notification that they had achieved National Board Certification. They joined over 2,450
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Earlier this week, we sent a letter to the Academic Standards Review Commission to express our concerns and share our suggestions on the draft recommendations they are consdering to strengthen North Carolina\’s academic standards. We hope the ASRC will consider our concerns and suggestions as they work to finalize recommendations for the State Board of Education.
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Most of what you hear about WCPSS facility needs is about schools, classrooms, and student seats. As the fifteenth largest school district in the US, and a district that is opening thirteen new schools in the next three school years, this makes sense. What doesn’t get a lot of press is the need for additional
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On Tuesday night, the 2016-17 Student Enrollment Proposal was approved by the school board. The plan moves approximately 3,300 students, or roughly two percent of the student population. According to a WCPSS Media Advisory, about half of those students will be eligible to grandfather at their current schools. A list of ways the proposal has
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Election season is heating up. And, in case you don’t remember, all nine school board seats are up for re-election next fall. About half of the seats would have been up for election this most recent election cycle. However, in 2013 Senate Bill 325 (signed into law in June 2013) made major changes to how
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