Wake got both favorable and unfavorable editorial mention today.

In an N&O editorial, Wake is praised for having "seen the light" in considering a new policy that would allow students to participate in shooting events. Wake got beaten up nationally after East Wake High students were banned from participating at an event earlier this year.

The school board will review a hunter education policy at Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting. 

In a Fayetteville Observer op-ed piece, Cumberland County school board chairman Larry Lancaster spins the district only having 34 percent of its schools passing No Child Left Behind. While pointing out that 24 percent of Wake's schools made AYP, Lancaster said "in comparison with the five other large urban school districts in the state, we did well."

At least one school district is stepping up to the plate because the state isn't fully funding teacher bonuses this year.

The Fayetteville Observer is reporting today that the Cumberland County school board voted to dip into its fund balance to make up the estimated $1.4 million difference between what lawmakers appropriated and what successful local teachers were promised.

“I think our teachers exceeded their end of the bargain,” said Cumberland County school board member Greg West in the article. “And the state didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. I think we need to do the right thing.”