Chalk this up as another example of how things are changing on the school board.
The Wake County Taxpayers Association is announcing that school board candidate John Tedesco and the three newly elected school board members will speak at the group's monthly meeting on Thursday.
They'll be joined by current school board member Ron Margiotta, called "our hero" by the WCTA, and Allison Backhouse of the Wake Schools Community Alliance.
"How great it is to see the way things are shaping up to effect the changes that have been needed for so long," says former state Rep. Russell Capps, president of the WCTA, in a e-mail message announcing the meeting.
The current board members are not exactly favorites of the WCTA. Then again, critics argue that the new board won't be able to keep taxes down while also bringing about changes such as moving to neighborhood schools and ending busing for diversity and mandatory year-round schools
The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Barbecue Lodge, 4600 Capital Blvd. in Raleigh. You're told to come at 5:45 p.m. if you want to order food.
