Will they leave western Wake to go to East Garner Middle School?

That's one of the questions that the school system will find out during next year's magnet application period. School administrators say the magnet draw area for East Garner will be enlarged to include Cary and Apex.

Now that it's official that Daniels Middle School is losing its magnet program, East Garner could get an even larger share than planned.

Parents at Daniels and Leesville Road middle schools will get a second crack today at persuading the school board to reverse recent votes.

Today's board agenda includes a vote on converting Leesville to a year-round calendar and another on removing the magnet program at Daniels. Parents will be able to have their say during the public comment portion at 4 p.m.

As noted previously, a revote was likely.

UPDATE

Ron Margiotta unsuccessfully asked his fellow board members to pull the items for Leesville and Daniels off the agenda. Both of his motions to remove the items died from a lack of a second. He had argued they should be pulled to allow more time for public comment before a final decision is made.

It's looking more likely that the school board will revote on the recent decisions affecting Daniels and Leesville Road middle schools.

As noted in today's article, Rosa Gill, chairwoman of the school board, said she's reviewing the recent votes and could ask on Nov. 3 for new votes. In the case of Daniels. there's a decent chance that the board could now decide to keep the school's magnet program.

Gill said she wants to see how the recent votes compare with prior ones. The board had voted in regular meetings and not work sessions to make final decisions before on demagnetization and calendar conversion.

The Broughton High School community is sweating out the possibility that the school will lose its magnet program.

As noted in today's Midtown Raleigh News article, fears have been heightened since the school board voted last week to demagnetize Daniels Middle School. Parents have been lobbying school board members to not target Broughton as well next week.

“It worries me that will trickle over to Broughton,” said Caryll Poole, who has children at Broughton and Daniels, in the article. “That’s the next short step.”

Wake is pulling the plug on the magnet program at Daniels Middle School.

The school board voted 5-3 to phase out Daniels' magnet program, but no timetable was announced today. Board members said they feel that Daniels, located off Oberlin Road near Cameron Village, will be in good shape even without a magnet program.

The board ran out of time before it could discuss the magnet high schools or any of the other magnet middle schools. They'll resume the issue at the Oct. 21 meeting.