Kristen Stocking is unhappy that the Wake County school system left in her personal information on the copy of the check it released to the public.

The Carolina Journal reported Friday that Stocking, the founder of the Wake Schools Community Alliance, is complaining that Wake didn't redact the bank account and routing number from her check. She had written the $300 check to pay for part of the cost of the reception for new school board members.

I didn't post the page with Stocking's check when I blogged earlier in the week about the WSCA leaders only paying $300 of the $693.88 cost of the reception.

The Wake Education Partnership is warning about the challenges of converting schools back to a traditional calendar.

Today, the WEP released the first issue of "Understand Your Schools," which it said will be a periodic review of current topics affecting the school system. Much of the review focuses on the impact of losing between 100 to 250 seats per school if it converts from year-round to traditional.

The spectre of reassignment is laid out in the study.

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Deleted references to Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce having been involved in developing the study. The Chamber only co-sponsored the review. 

The Wake Education Partnership is also raising the specter of reassignment caused by the school board's vote to end mandatory year-round assignments.

In this week's issue of In Context, the partnership's e-newsletter, the group points to the reassignment of students out of year-round schools if they're converted to a traditional calendar for 2010-11.

The newsletter says some students would be reassigned because there's no longer room for them under the lower capacity in a traditional calendar. Others would be the year-round application students who'd want to stay in the program after conversion.

The Wake Education Partnership is offering its assessment of the school board election results and the SAS report.

In this week's issue of In Context, the WEP's newsletter notes the small turnout and the unhappiness of voters with student assignment policies. You also get an interesting analysis of the precinct results in each race, such as how Horace Tart missed the runoff by not doing well in Fuquay-Varina.

On the SAS report, the WEP says that Asst. Supt. David Holdzkom will discuss the report with the school board on Oct. 20.

Perry Woods has filed a new complaint today with the state Board of Elections accusing the Wake Schools Community Alliance of violating campaign finance laws.

In the complaint, Woods accuses the WSCA of violating the $4,000 per candidate contribution limit. He argues that the direct financial contributions, more than $2,500 apiece to three candidates, plus the campaign mailers exceed the $4,000 amount.

"It is unfortunate the WSCA apparently wants to win so badly, they are willing to skirt campaign finance rules,” Woods said in a written statement.

The Wake Education Partnership isn't backing down from commenting on the issues in the school board races.

A little less than two weeks after a complaint was filed against the WEP, the group revisited the board races today in this week's In Context e-newsletter. This edition addresses remarks made by candidates about Wake's graduation rate, the size of Wake's bureaucracy and the achievement gap.

The Partnership addresses the complaint by saying "the newsletter will continue to cover current school topics in an effort to provide a fuller understanding of education issues."

You've got a chance this morning to see District 7 school board candidates Deborah Prickett and Karen Simon go head to head.

Today's forum, sponsored by the Wake Education Partnership and the chambers of commerce or Raleigh and Morrisville, will take place at 8 a.m. It will be held at the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce, 260 Town Hall Dr.

If you can't make it to Morrisville, NBC 17 is supposed to stream the forum live. The Partnership will eventually post the forum on its web site.

The forum is still taking place even though a complaint was filed Friday over the Wake Education Partnership's recent electronic newsletter on the board races.

Did the Wake Education Partnership cross the line in its latest newsletter and inappropriately influence the school board elections?

As noted in today's article, that's alleged in the complaint filed late Friday with the state Board of Elections by Joe Ciulla. He alleges that the statements in the Partnership's newsletter, In Context, violate the group's non-profit status.

"It's far beyond their place to make false statements in support of their candidates," Ciulla said

The Wake Education Partnership is weighing in on the school board races.

In this week's edition of In Context, the Partnership takes on the issues of year-round schools, construction costs and the graduation rate for low-income students. Those issues have come up at the forums sponsored by the group.

Here's hoping attendance is better at tonight's school board candidate forum compared to the one that took place Saturday.

As noted in Sunday's article by Stanley Chambers, only about 30 people attended Saturday's forum sponsored by the Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children. That event drew six candidates from all four board races.

Tonight's forum, sponsored by the Wake Education Partnership and local chambers of commerce, will focus on District 2. All four candidates who are still campaigning have said they'll attend: Carlene Lucas, Horace Tart, John Tedesco and Cathy Truitt.