There will be a leadership change in a few months at Wake NCAE, the group which represents 5,000 Wake County school system employees.

Tama Bouncer, a music teacher at Swift Creek Elementary School, will become Wake NCAE president in July. She will take over for Jennifer Lanane, who couldn't serve again because of term limits.

School board members and administrators managed to simultaneously defend their handling of No Child Left Behind choice requirements while also acknowledging they can do some things better.

Recent stories have questioned how Wake isn't providing the advance notification required under No Child and is forcing parents to return to their old failing schools and reapply to get back out.

During Tuesday's school board meeting, Asst. Supt. Chuck Dulaney said Wake is following all federal guidelines for No Child Left Behind.

UPDATE: CORRECTED WORDING IN BOLD IN POST

How much slack should Wake get for not meeting federal No Child Left Behind guidelines for letting parents know ahead of time that they can transfer out of failing schools?

As noted in today's article, Wake says it can't tell parents at Title I year-round schools before the school year starts that they can get out under NCLB. They're arguing the mandated 14-day advance notice doesn't work for year-round schools that start July 7 because the test results aren't back yet.

Officially at least, that doesn't cut it for the feds.

We've got new principals for Daniels Middle School and Swift Creek Elementary School.

The school board just approved Elizabeth Battle as the new principal of Daniels Middle School. She replaces Stephen Mares, who is now principal of Broughton High.

Battle has been an assistant principal at Sanderson High since 2004. Here's an interesting tidbit. She's a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Bio sheets now at end of post.