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Feb
18
Editor’s Note: The following was submitted through our contact form. I have no background of ACORN, but can appreciate how this story could be of community interest.
On Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at 1:00 pm, ACORN members and concerned parents and citizens will come together in a demonstration in response to the segregated assemblies that occurred at Dillard Drive Middle School in Raleigh, NC, on December 4, 2007.
WHO: ACORN members, parents, and concerned citizens
WHAT: Picket at Wake County Public School Board against Dr. Teresa Abron
WHEN: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm
WHERE: Wake County Public School Board Office at 3600 Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, NC
Background
On the morning December 4th, 2007 there was a fight between two seventh grade girls at the Dillard Drive Middle School. One of the girls was African American and the other was Hispanic. The Hispanic girl tied a bandanna around her leg that symbolized her participation in a gang, and the African American girl, upset by the bandanna, asked/told the other girl to take it off and when she refused, they began arguing. The argument became heated and friends of the girls got involved, but before actual fists were thrown, the girls were separated. Read more
Nov
6
They should at least get a complimentary get out of jail free.
Teachers at a Wake County high school will have to return half of $1,500 bonuses mistakenly given to them by the state.
State officials said last week that teachers at the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, a magnet school in Raleigh, should have received bonuses of $750. Wake school officials said today they will make the teachers repay the amount instead of taking the money from the the school district.
Oct
8
School Funding, A Primer: Part 2
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After an unintentional hiatus, I’m back with the second half of our local school funding discussion; this time with hopefully a bit more of an infusion of brevity.
Last time, we explained how funding is controlled, the dynamics between boards of education and boards of commissioners, and the fundamental issues surrounding funding priorities in Wake. As we discussed, the bulk of school funding is appropriated by the state of NC and is beyond the purview of this article (simple answer: state income tax, more or less). This time, I’d like to wrap it up by asking the question: where are the sources of the local bit of school funding? Read more
Sep
23
School Funding, A Primer: Part 1
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on a topic suggested by one of our readers. If you have an article to submit or a topic suggestion for one of RFP’s authors, send it to us through the contact form.
Ok, since I was invited back, I’ll take this go to respond to some more specific local education concerns/questions from a reader prompted by my last (and first, paradoxically) column. I don’t know if I should be concerned about being typecast, but I’m glad to answer questions of people who are charitable enough to read what I’m writing.
The gist of the questions sent to our benevolent dictator at RFP indicates a common misconception I’ve noticed around town regarding how public education is funded. Perhaps some of these misconceptions are partially borne out of the fact that our area has many transplants from other parts of the country who do school funding quite differently. It will be my goal to help clarify that process and the attendant issues; it may take more than one entry to do so. Read more
Sep
20
Greetings from RFP’s newest contributor. I’ll be writing about, well, whatever I’m told to write about, or, to the contrary, whatever strikes my typing fancy. This time I’d like to talk about the impending school board elections (to be held on 9 October), and issues I see impacting the elections, especially as five out of the nine board seats are up for grabs next month. I’d rather focus on issues rather than particular candidates, in the interests of neutrality and scope. As the election is weeks away, I see the primary issues with which candidates will most need to deal are:
- responding to the recent curriculum audit,
- addressing annual issues of overcrowding and growth, and
- negotiating the board’s increasingly tenuous relationship with the county commissioners.
The recent curriculum audit, performed by educational research firm Kappa Delta Pi, offered dozens of criticisms and suggestions for how Wake schools could improve— from curricular changes to leadership to streamlining staff development, et cetera. The school board candidates will need to offer viable and practical means for the implementation of these solutions, especially those that would require board-approved policy shifts. Further, potential new board members should articulate specific plans on prioritizing the suggestions to be implemented; addressing the dual audit criticisms of Wake’s methods of teacher evaluation and the authority of principals to determine school policy should be paramount among the recommendations to be first considered. Read more
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