Enrollment Capped At Walnut Creek
A high-profile elementary school in southeast Raleigh is going through some growing pains.A few days before school began in August, Principal Corey Moore welcomed a horde of new families to Walnut...
View ArticleNew Wake School Board Takes Over
Five members of the Wake County School Board were sworn in last night. The board majority is now in the hands of Democrats, after two years of Republican control.
View ArticleWake School Board Discussing Tata's Future
Wake County Schools superintendent Tony Tata may learn today if he still has a job.Board members spent more than three hours yesterday in closed session. They made no decision. But Republican members...
View ArticleTata Out As Wake Schools Superintendent
The Wake County School Board is looking for a new superintendent. The board's Democratic majority fired Tony Tata yesterday after less than two years on the job. They said little about their reasons....
View ArticleWake School Board Democrats Cite Tata's Style In Firing
Democratic leaders on the Wake County School Board say Tony Tata's leadership style led to his firing as superintendent.
View ArticleWake School Board Member Challenging Incumbent for Schools Superintendent
On November 6th, North Carolina voters will elect a new governor. They'll also make selections for Council of State offices. Isaac-Davy Aronson has this look at the two candidates for Superintendent of...
View ArticleEducation Roundup
The Wake County school board has a new chairman and another new student assignment plan; Chapel Hill is embroiled in its own fight over reassignment; and the legislature and the State school board are...
View ArticleWake Superintendent Search Enters New Phase
The search for a superintendent for the Wake County Schools enters an important phase today, as public meetings begin.The meetings serve as an opportunity for anyone and everyone to express what...
View ArticleState Senate Passes Bill To Revamp Wake County School Board
State lawmakers in the Senate have approved a bill that would change how leaders of the Wake County school board are elected.Senate Bill 325 would scrap the current boundaries for board seats. It would...
View ArticleLegislators Take Aim At Local School Boards
Being on a school board is a little like being the head chef at the local Applebee’s. You don’t get to choose the ingredients and it’s not your recipe, but if someone doesn’t like the Bourbon Street...
View ArticleWake School Board Split On Superintendent
Tonight, the Wake County School Board will continue its discussions on hiring a superintendent.It’s been more than two weeks since the three finalists for Wake Superintendent visited the district for a...
View ArticleWake Picks Merrill As New Superintendent
As homecomings go, this one was slightly delayed for James Merrill. He spent 16 years in a variety of administrative posts in the Wake County Schools in the 1980s and ‘90s, rising as high as associate...
View ArticleWake County Sheriff Encourages Creation Of School Police Force
Wake County’s sheriff, Donnie Harrison, is urging the School Board to create its own police force. Harrison made the comments as part of a report to the Wake School Board on school security.He says...
View ArticleTedesco Will Not Seek Re-Election To Wake School Board
Today was the final day to file to run in the election for Wake County School Board, and at least one prominent incumbent will be leaving the Board.John Tedesco has been the highest-profile board...
View ArticleHouse: Construction Stays With Wake School Board
The North Carolina House has voted down a bill that would have handed over school construction and maintenance responsibilities to the Wake County Commissioners.The bill would have taken that...
View ArticleVoters Will Soon Decide Fate Of Wake School Bond
The last time Wake County voters had a chance to decide on a nearly $1 billion school bond, they passed it. That was seven years ago. But in 1999, a school bond failed, due to concern over higher...
View ArticleWake GOP Opposes Local School And Transportation Bonds
The Wake County Republican Party is opposing bond referendums for Raleigh transportation and public school construction projects. Voters will decide in October whether to approve $75 million in...
View ArticleWake County Beefs Up Bus Routes
Most traditional-calendar public schools open their doors to students starting this morning. In Wake County, all will be on its extensive transportation system.Last year was, by most anyone’s...
View ArticleJohn Tedesco Departs Wake School Board
The past few years on the Wake County School Board have been marked by controversy. Republicans came into power in 2009 and board member John Tedesco led the charge to eliminate the school assignment...
View ArticleVote Likely To Be Close On Wake School Bond
The Marching Trojans from Garner Magnet High School aren’t marching this morning – they are sitting, and practicing, in the band room. Their bags and instrument cases are stacked in every corner of the...
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