With the draft reassignment plan less than a week away, there's interest in who's helping to put it all together.

That includes the members of the student assignment advisory committee. The members are Diana Bader, Alison Donnelly, Anne Sherron, David Williams, George Wait, Julie Stevens, Larry Dickens, Liz Parry and Roxie Cash.

Those names should be familiar to those who've been around here for a few years. Here's info on some of the members.

The magnet themes for Brentwood and Smith elementary schools were unveiled on Tuesday.

Smith, as expected, will offer the International Baccalaureate theme. It will help form a K-12 feeder in Garner for the International Baccalaureate program that will lead to East Garner Middle School and Garner High School.

David Ansbacher, senior director for magnet schools, said an IB program at Smith should strengthen the one at East Garner.