Look for a protest outside outside today's Wake County school board meeting over the new student assignment plan.
Parents from Carpenter Elementary have secured a permit from Cary Police to picket on the sidewalk in front of the Central Services Building. They're coming with signs and bullhorns for the demonstration.
Several parents will also speak during public comment at the board meeting. They're objecting how the new plan has Carpenter feeding into East Cary Middle.
The feeder is supposed to provide calendar continuity for the year-round students. But the Carpenter parents say they want to go to a closer middle school. A number of families now go to Davis Drive Middle.
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Tue, 12/20/2011 - 19:35 — SideburnsIs the meeting being streamed anywhere?
Glad to know I am not the
Tue, 12/20/2011 - 20:14 — kbrooks500Glad to know I am not the only one who can't find the meeting.
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Tue, 12/20/2011 - 20:17 — SideburnsI have a feeling WRAL will no longer stream them. What a surprise.
Easy solution, get rid of
Tue, 12/20/2011 - 16:28 — mnordbergEasy solution, get rid of feeder patterns and let parents choose from closest 2 traditional and closest 2 year round middle schools from choice list. Have all seats open in all schools for 6th grade adn 9th grade (ES->MS and MS->HS) so that everybody has equal choice and not get stuck with the minimal seats after feeder pattern allocation.
I think more and more people are going to realize the addition of feeder patterns trumping choice (due to seat allocation) and the late additional of that into the discussion is going to be what brings down the new plan.
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Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:46 — SideburnsBe careful what you ask for. I think just as many parents would be upset with two different calendars in a feeder pattern.
It appears Carpenter Village families have 4 middle school options - East Cary, West Cary, Davis Drive and Mill Parks. Seems reasonable to me.
Since the travel difference
Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:45 — finalfrontierSince the travel difference is ten minutes and DDMS is at capacity, I am not sure why Carpenter Village should not be assigned to ECMS.
The rest of you can show up
Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:14 — FSandYOUinside, grab hands, chant, sing and take over the member's seats with no worries of being prosecuted. If you can't make this meeting you're welcomed at the Jan. 3 meeting. Where it all gets cranking.
Kumbaya oh board, Kumbaya...
Kumbaya oh board, Kumbaya...
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Are you speaking of yourself again?
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