Instead of singing Kumbaya today, some Wake County school board members will discuss school funding.
The agenda for today's school board finance committee meeting will largely focus on county funding in the last three years. It was at $316.2 million in 2008-09 but has been at $313.5 million since 2009-10. The funding will be contrasted with the growth in schools and students.
With county funding likely to stay at $313.5 million, per-pupil spending would drop again. The meeting is scheduled to run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the school board conference room, 3600 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh.
The consensus-building work session on student assignment scheduled for today was canceled. The cancelation of both work sessions is the reason why the Alves plan is being presented on Friday. The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Wake Education Partnerhsip had wanted to let the board hold the work sessions first.
Comments
It's about time
Thu, 02/10/2011 - 00:29 — SatchHHfor the Board to start doing some work on something other that student assignment. Now let's see how they're going to fund these high poverty schools they're creating. It's horrific that they haven't looked at fiscal implications of what they're doing. I understand that the majority members are dealing with idology only and don't really care about student achievement (or else you think they might have kept having those inconvenient student achievement committee meetings - hmmm) and are basically puppets (ever see Deborah Prickett try to vote before any of the other majority members - she's absolutely stumped if she can't just vote the way JT or CM vote). But - they should at least TRY to get hold of this financial situation. Hopefully Mr. Tata will prompt some action from these majority Board members to start acting like public school board members and not public school enemies.
Funding for High Poverty Schools
Thu, 02/10/2011 - 08:35 — occum_sharpeWouldn't Federal funding be reduced by moving the students to high poverty schools? I mean, while the funding is finite with X amount of Federal dollars per student for Title I, won't this money be diluted. For ex. some schools that lost 75 to 150 high poverty students weren't Title I schools and didn't receive Title I funding. With those students who were not at high poverty schools and not receiving Title I funds going to high poverty schools now, won't they reduce the per pupil funding for all of the Title I students? Shouldn't there have been some discussion about this?
All I want is the BOE to say
Wed, 02/09/2011 - 13:52 — user12345All I want is the BOE to say we need this much - same per student as last year, same per student as NC Avg, etc. and the CC to reject it along a party lines so we can tee that up at the next election. If Ron provides them cover to take one for the party, he needs to go.
Virginia Dare
Wed, 02/09/2011 - 07:13 — FSandYOUhere's your chance to be a star. You should take in some props, maybe throw some dollar bills at them, a few large signs... rant and rave about the miserable funding our schools get. Let them have an ear full. The time is now!