So which groups got invitations to meet with McPherson & Jacboson, the firm that will hold meetings the next three days to get feedback on the Wake County school superintendent search?

The groups are broadly defined as the "business community, elected officials, parent leaders, African-American community, multicultural community, employee leadership and student leaders."

This list from the school system reveals some interesting names. These are the groups that the school system suggested should receive invites.

The question of how the Wake County school system will respond to the high-poverty student enrollment at the new Walnut Creek Elementary School in Southeast Raleigh will be addressed at a forum Friday night.

Walnut Creek will open in August with a projected 81.4 percent of its students receiving subsidized lunches and 52.8 percent of its students not having passed the state end-of-grade reading exam. Compassionate Tabernacle of Faith and the school system are co-sponsoring a forum to discuss the selection of the principal and faculty and the expectations for the school.

"if we’re not careful, Walnut Creek will open up with a lot of struggling students and it will blow us away," said Marvin Pittman, a retired educator and head of the education committee at Compassionate Tabernacle.