Here's the quick recap of today's press conference held by Wake County Schools Superintendent Tony Tata.

Tata defended the proposed bell schedules changes as a way that will save money that can be put to better use in the classroom. But he also acknowledged parental concerns, pointing to the online survey that has generated 1,100 comments so far.

Tata also said today that, based on parental feedback, he'll talk with school board chairman Kevin Hill about taking another look at the deal to lease an office building to serve as a new Panther Creek High School ninth-grade center.

The board opted not to stick modular units on the site of a future middle school next to Alston Ridge Elementary School. While the office building at 3700 Pleasant Church Grove Road in Morrisville is further away from the high school, it can be ready for the 2012-13 school year.

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Wake County school board member Jim Martin flexed some of his political muscle at Tuesday's school board meeting.

As noted in today's article by Thomas Goldsmith, Martin got the board to amend the plan to reallocate $130 million in unused bond money to cover the cost of design work for renovations to Athens Drive High's stadium. Staff is projecting they'll have $500,000 left over, which Martin noted would cover the design costs for the stadium.

The design work would jump start the renovation project. The actual funding for the $7.4 million in renovation work would come from the next bond issue.

The Wake County school board voted tonight to acquire two sites to relieve overcrowding at Garner and Panther Creek high schools.

The school system will pay $1.75 million to buy the Garner Towne Square 10 theater, located at 2600 Timber Drive. The theater, which closed in 2010, will be converted to operate as an off-campus ninth-grade center for the nearby Garner High.

The school system will pay $12.38 per square feet to lease a 77,574-sq. ft. office building at 3700 Pleasant Church Grove Road in Morrisville. It would be a six-year lease, starting July 1, with a 3 percent annual escalation. The building will be converted to operate as an off-campus ninth-grade center for Panther Creek High.

The Leesville Road boys and Panther Creek girls won the East regional on Saturday afternoon. Leesville's 254 point edged Cap-8 Conference foes Enloe (246) and Millbrook (194). Panther Creek had to fend off members of its own conference as well, as the Catamounts' 288 points bested Green Hope (261.5), Apex (260) and Cary (213).

The day had one major revelation, as Green Hope had four relay teams -- all three boys teams and one girls -- disqualified before competition began.

Green Hope and Panther Creek made requests to the N.C. High School Athletic Associaton on Tuesday to place the schools in a league with other current Tri-Nine 4A schools.

From one "Creek" to another -- football coach Sean Crocker is leaving Middle Creek after five seasons to join Tri-Nine Conference foe Panther Creek.

UPDATE: Well, this is awkward. There was an error in scoring one of the matches at Saturday's Bull City Classic.

It turned out to be very important, as Panther Creek -- not Holly Springs -- won the event. The coaches will have to trade trophies.

Panther Creek had 246 points, just one more than what Holly Springs had.

The following was the report from the event that day, as Holly Springs was mistakenly named the champion.

Panther Creek High football coach Wayne Bragg is the new athletics director at Green Hope High.

No. 1 Leesville Road 62, Broughton 21 (FINAL) Braxton Berrios rushed for 200 yards in first half

No. 2 Garner 42, Athens Drive 0 (FINAL)

No. 3 Hillside 38, Pembroke Swett 32 ( OT, FINAL)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 31, Millbrook 0 (FINAL)

Wilmington Laney 30, No. 5 Wakefield 27 (FINAL)

There exists a possibility that the Triangle could sweep the 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A East in girls tennis and have four representatives in Saturday's state championships in Burlington.

Two of the four are certanties.