Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata contends that the new student assignment plan is one that ""offers the best opportunity for success for all of our students."

In an op-ed piece today, Tata promotes the new plan while criticizing the old node-based system's lack of stability and "well-intentioned but largely unsuccessful effort to level poverty rates of schools." The piece comes out at a time when some new school board members and people in the community say Tuesday's vote should be delayed while leaders in the business community say it should go forward.

"This proposal will provide the stability and choice Wake County parents seek while focusing on student achievement and providing all Wake County children with access to a world-class education," Tata writes.