The Wake County Board of Education adopted a budget for the 2015-2016 school year. It is the same budget as previously proposed by Supt. Merrill. The $1.4 billion budget includes a local funding request increase of $48.3 million. The increase requested funds growth and expansion of programs. It also sets out to raise teacher salary […]
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Much has been made over what items are included in the Superintendent’s proposed budget. Little has been made over items not included. Some of these items can be found on page 14 of the budget document titled “Deferred Needs.” They include items like, “Technology Refresh Operating Dollars for Classrooms – $8 million.” These dollars would
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At a Facilities Committee meeting on April 15, Joe Desormeaux, Assistant Superintendent for Facilities, identified $348 million per year in new schools, major renovations, life cycle replacements, and land acquisition over the next six years. This keeps pace with the number of new students expected to arrive in Wake County, which is just over 3,200
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You could say that making up days missed by inclement weather this spring has been problematic. You’d also be understating the issue. A bit. School board members heard recommendations from staff on inclement weather make-up days for the 2015-2016 school calendars (traditional, year-round, and modified). Staff presented options that included use of early release days,
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The Washington Post has released its annual list of the nation’s most challenging high schools. Thirteen WCPSS high schools are on the list. Rank School Index Excellence and Equity Percent Subsidized Lunch Percent 275 Enloe 4.123 45.00 35.90 616 Green Hope 3.032 60.20 6.30 1066 Broughton 2.292 30.00 35.50 1164 Millbrook 2.191
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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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