There is a reason why Wake County school board member Debra Goldman has brought rubber ducks with her to the last two board meetings.

At the Dec. 3 public hearing, Paula King, a Cary parent, brought a duck with her to the podium as she urged the board to change the student assignment plan. She talked to the board about lining up their ducks in a row.

"All we're asking is that you give a duck or two," King said to laughs from the audience.

The speakers at Monday's student assignment public hearing were largely unhappy with the Wake County school board.

As noted in today's article, several of the speakers, a crowd made up mostly of western Wake residents, complained about the choice plan being dropped. They weren't happy that choice plan's feeders aren't being guaranteed and that the calendar options are changing for some families.

"How can you not honor the promise made by the board before you?" said Apex parent Erika Phillips about not guaranteeing the choice plan feeders.