New principals have been named tonight for Dillard Drive and Carnage middle schools.

Jacob N. Bryant will become the principal of Dillard Drive Middle in Raleigh, receiving a salary of $87,606. Bryant has been the principal of Jeffreys Grove Elementary School since 2006.

Bryant replaces Teresa Abron, who is retiring. School officials say there’s no connection between her retirement and the December 2007 incident in which Dillard was faulted by federal civil rights officials for holding segregated assemblies for black and Hispanic students after a fight.

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Western Wake's loss could be Northern Wake's gain, at least when it comes to getting into an Academically Gifted or Gifted and Talented themed magnet middle school.

Magnet folks are heavily hyping the better odds that families will have this year getting a seat at Ligon Middle School. Ligon lost a chunk of its western wake draw area to Carnage Middle School.

The result is that Northern Wake applicants should have a much easier time in the process.

The high school moves may be wrapped up tonight.

Kevin Hill, vice chairman of the board, juggled his schedule to attend tonight to discuss the high school changes. He's not going to be here tomorrow due to a prior conflict.

If Hill couldn't attend tonight, the board might have held off until Thursday on the remaining high school review.

UPDATE

Due to the large crowd, the work session has been moved to the main board room. There's plenty of space left. 

One of the questions that parents and some school board members are asking is what's changed in the past month for Broughton High to be in danger of losing its magnet program.

After all, the school board had unanimously agreed on Oct. 21 that Broughton should keep its International Baccalaureate Program. But now a majority of board members are supportive of removing the magnet program.

School board member Beverley Clark, who is leading the charge to demagnetize Broughton, gave an explanation on Tuesday.