Will today's "Stand Against Racism" rally in downtown Raleigh turn into criticism of the Wake County school board majority's ending of the use of socioeconomic diversity in favor of community schools?

As noted in today's article by Thomas Goldsmith, several groups critical of the new school board majority are among the sponsors of the event that will take place at noon at Moore Square. It's a nationwide event so the Raleigh one wasn't formed just because of the changes going on here.

But with all the critics who've hurled terms such as resegregtionists and racists at the new board, would anyone be surprised if the Wake school fight comes up?

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Is today's vote on returning the Lacy to Stough nodes a case of political payback or a righting of a wrong by the old Wake County school board?

As noted in today's article, families in the three Lacy Elementary nodes worked hard to back members of the new school board majority who are poised to reverse the assignment today.

Residents in the three nodes gave more than $2,600 in last fall's campaign to either the candidates directly, the Wake Schools Community Alliance or the Wake County Republican Party.

In its first press release Wednesday, the Great Schools in Wake Coalition is using the threat of mass reassignment to help generate opposition to the new Wake County school board majority.

The coalition says they're "examining whether proposals by the new Board of Education will lead to even more widespread student reassignments, re-segregation of some of Wake's schools, fewer school choices for parents and students, and strained finances for the district and county."

"We are concerned that the policies of the current Board of Education will result in far more reassignment than any previous Board," said Yevonne Brannon, chair of the Board of Directors of WakeUP Wake County, the group spearheading the coalition. "Coalition members also are concerned that the Board has proposed changes in assignment without fully assessing capacity, economic or tax implications, or the impact on student learning and stability.