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The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system: the reassignment of thousands of students, the conversion of traditional-calendar schools to a year-round schedule, the district's response to growth and the school construction program.
WakeEd is maintained by The News & Observer's Wake schools reporter, T. Keung Hui. While Keung posts information and analysis on the issues, keep us posted on your suggestions, questions, tips and what you're doing to cope with the changes in Wake's schools.
Peer priority
Would you rather have your children attend the closest middle school or go to a more distant one if it meant they'd be with their friends from elementary school?
The answer, according to Chuck Dulaney, assistant superintendent for growth and planning, seems to be keeping peer groups together. That's what he told school board members on Tuesday while discussing the development of the multi-year assignment plan.
Dulaney said the issue of what priority should be higher for filling middle schools came up during discussions with planning groups. These planning groups consist of teachers, parents and administrators in the areas most likely to be affected by the assignment plan.
Dulaney told the board that the groups said they thought it was more important to keep elementary school peer groups together even if it means kids didn't go to the closest middle school.
As a result, Dulaney said keeping peer groups together will be a high priority in the new plan. But he said it would be impossible to keep all elementary school students together in the same middle school.
Dulaney said Wake doesn't have the school capacity needed to ensure the same K-12 feeder patterns for all the students.
T. Keung Hui
T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
Comments
Here I Come to Save the Day!
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 06:38 — Dadof3Who needs parental feedback... when you've got Underdelaney!
Sing in a rousing Stentorian manner: "Here I come to save the day!"
He is ever-ready to fight Mom and Dad to advance Wake County.
Another version - Dadof3
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:32 — Voice_of_Reason_Sung to the Underdog theme:
Here I come to rule the day!.... For the liberals will have their way...... Here I come to ruin the day!.....For the parents will have no say...... Here I come to rule the day!...We will bus your children far away........ Here I come to make our day!.....For it's taxes you'll have to pay.....Here I come to make you pray ! ....That our schools will not decay....Here I come to have my say!....No matter what I get my pay.....
Sorry that's all for my song writing career today ;>
anybody see Chuckie or Rosa doin' this?
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 18:07 — bigwinniehttp://news14.com/content/school_news/598567/learning-more-about-student...
peers, good or bad?
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 17:57 — bigwinniehttp://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3414457/
Sounds like WCPSS has too much money & too much Chuck
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 16:14 — Voice_of_Reason_If they want to spend more money on transportation, they have too much money. And oh yeah, Chucky Boy get a life. Just because you had a sheltered childhood in an all white neighborhood, you can't take your guilt out on us. Anyone who proudly puts conscientious objector for Vietnam service on his resume, has other problems as well. Before I read this I gave you the benefit of the doubt, now there is no question in my mind. For those that think I am being mean bringing out Chuck's personal info, I am only reiterating what he stated in an interview with N&O when he took the job.
2 Buck Chuck
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 04:59 — Dadof3VoR, please provide an URL about his placing his CO status on his resume. I got to see it for myself. Not that you've ever deceived me but how does an adult male go about such a thing? I generally don't have a problem with someone, who for reasons of his faith, claims CO status. However, putting your CO status on your resume is analogous to "doing good" to get a ribbon. It's morally vain. It's fundamentally shallow. It's like when a child points to their (somewhat) cleaned room and says "See! I cleaned my room! [Aren't I good?]"
Eating crow for breakfast
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 06:52 — Dadof3If he served as a CO, that's different from not serving at all. That's more than I've done for my country -- so I'm packing on pounds here, eating crow. That still doesn't excuse what he's done to our fair county, however.
Crow tastes good if cooked right
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 07:25 — Voice_of_Reason_When I grew up in Southern Louisiana we had a saying: "There's very few things that bleed that don't taste good with enough spices, onions, and Tabasco." There were some people who put CO status to keep out of combat because they were coward and didn't want to go to jail. I don't believe Chuck's one of those, I think he's a card-carrying liberal, which this world needs... just as long as the don't have the power to dictate their views on us all.
[PETA people close your eyes]
Louisiana Zoos are the only ones with recipe cards next to the cages. :)
highlighted near the bottom
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 05:44 — bigwinnieT###
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CHARLES "CHUCK" NELSON DULANEY
Born: Sept. 11, 1947, in San Bernardino, Calif.
Family: Wife, Donna Olsen; daughter, Kate, 24, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va.; son, Ben, 23, a patent examiner for U.S. Patent Office in Alexandria, Va.; brother, Richard in Raleigh; sister, Jane Asbury in Seattle
Education: Doctorate in educational administration, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo., 1981; master's degree in educational research and psychology, University of Missouri, 1978; teacher's certification, California State University-San Bernardino, 1972; bachelor's degree in history and physics, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1969.
Religious affiliation: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, past congregation president
Military Service: Medic (conscientious objector), U.S. Army, 2nd General Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany, 1969 to 1971.
Career: Assistant Superintendent for growth and planning, Wake County Schools, 2006 to present; senior director for evaluation and research, 1997 to 2006; principal, Joyner Elementary School, 1996 to 1997; evaluation specialist, 1993 to 1996; director of planning services, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 1989 to 1993; research specialist, 1987 to 1989; coordinator of staff development center, 1983 to 1987; teacher in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, 1981 to 1983; director of the Learning Exchange Teachers Center, Kansas City (Mo.) Schools, 1977 to 1980; elementary school teacher, 1972 to 1976.
Chuck Dulaney's position as Wake's assistant superintendent for growth and planning will keep him busy in 2006.
Copyright 2006 by The News & Observer Pub. Co.
Thanks WikiAngela !
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 06:35 — Voice_of_Reason_Why do we need Google when we have you! To be fair Kyle, Chuck at least served, it is better than running to Canada. I just found it interesting he didn't just put Army Medic for Vietnam service. Again I don't have any problem with him being a true CO (which I actually believe he was), he did serve.... [and that's coming from a 3X combat veteran]. Anyway, here's the article on Dulaney the N&O published when Chuck took office:
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/414852.html
I maybe came off a bit harsh re-reading my post.
OK...
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 06:32 — Dadof3So he did serve, but not in an armed capacity. That's much different than what I ascribed.
OT alert
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 16:02 — bigwinniego Ron, tell it like it is! http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3413149/
wonder what the fire marshall's would have to say?
Why is Cary so slow to
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 17:13 — shank56Why is Cary so slow to act/react? They've had a permit since mid-May. What does a traffic study have to do with permitting some modulars? Did Cary not realize that there was to be rapid growth in this area?
HUH?
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 15:40 — Anonymous (not verified)So we messed up in assignments to begin with. And instead of fixing it, we are going to keep busing kids all over so they'll be with their friends?Who spiked the water at the BOE?
Define peer group
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 15:34 — SideburnsHow does Dulaney define a child's peer group? My child attends a tradt'l calendar school outside of our community due to MYR. Are her peers the group of kids she knows at her current school or the kids in our neighborhood that attend our local MYR school? And if the neighborhood kids are her peer group and they don't attend the closest middle school, then who does?
I should of taken that blue pill.......
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 15:08 — Uncle Ruckus (not verified)You know, I wake up, see stuff like the above and wonder what it would be like if I took that blue pill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-Lz92_nwY&feature=related
Geez, when is this nightmare for parents and children going to end in Wake County.
It won't matter anyway
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 15:06 — Anonymous (not verified)I don't know why it would matter to keep neighborhood kids together when they'll be on different tracks anyway. Don't let anyone kid you that several middle schools won't be going year round next year.
sadly I fear this is all too
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 17:10 — bigwinniesadly I fear this is all too true, this is hat I meant by sneaky behind the scenes stuff....
Shaking my head...
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 15:02 — gunfam...please stop the room from spinning! Why don't we all go to the closest elementary school AND middle school!! I"m so confused!!
And, no one asked ME for input!
Making parents insane is the plan
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 14:48 — rr77rr99Maybe the grand plan of WCPSS evil geniuses is to make the parents go COMPLETELY insane! I know I am half way there. Wasn't WCPSS's "doctrine" ... kids are flexible and adapt to situations better than adults so moving them around a lot, changing up their friends, altering calendars.. is all GOOD FOR THEM? It's fine, they can handle it... they make new friends easily.. really, parents, you are putting your fears on your children, you need to let them adapt and accept change, embrace change.
So, NOW... to fit their agenda, children are better left with their friends and bussed and not go to school close to home. Okay.... sure....
Uh, hellllllooooooooooooo.... why is the room spinning? Wait, why is my washing machine talking to me... stop it, no I am not crazy, no no no no no..........no ..................... it's them, it's not me.... I am not crazy, no not yet.... I can do it... I can get through it..please make the cat stop singing Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head......no no no!!!!!!!!!
These people are lost.....
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:41 — shearertwThis is reaching new levels of crazy everyday!
This reminds me of when I've taken a wrong turn in the past and instead of turning around immediately, I continue to drive on taking lefts and rights hoping I finally get back on track. Generally, the end result is that I become increasing LOST! These people are LOST and are just too stubborn to go back or even ask for directions. When you due something stupid, you don’t just keep doing more stupid stuff to correct it. As Bob points out below….Hello DEL, go back! Send my kids to the closest ES AND the closest MS!
Bus the poor, bus the rich
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:17 — SideburnsSounds to me like Dulaney is setting the stage for more bussing. So far, they have been fairly unsuccessful busing middle- & high-income children because parents are resistant and will pull out for private school. But, if the enticement of "keeping peer groups together" is being used, parents may be more willing to go to a further middle school. This happened in many of the MYR conversions. Parents would rather have their child with familiar children in MYR than put them in a traditional calendar school with new faces. The BoE knew this would happen. This is just another way our children will be used as pawns in the grand diversity scheme.
yes but in middle school,
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:23 — bigwinnieyes but in middle school, there are (usually) four teams of eachers, so chances aren't always good that you'll still be the kids you thought you would.
closer is better.
Poll methods Revealed
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:06 — Dadof3It's not merely guess work but hard science that goes into Chuck's daily routine. Here's our spy cam at a recent roll out of Chuck's new manner of finding out what really matters to the parents of Wake County:
WCPSS's Own Little Kingdom
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:50 — al_in_garnerFunds ear-marked for specific purposes are diverted to administrators "prioritized" projects.
Successful magnet school lottery winners are selected after being "filtered" based on a complex set of restraints.
Now my kid can be assigned based on who might be in her peer group.
What other social metrics are thoughtfully considered by the all-knowing WCPSS before they move our children from pillar to post?
Who are the Planning Group members for North Garner Middle School? I need to talk to them.
This school duistrict is the fully funded ($1.25B) playground of Del Burns and his social engineering simpletons.
Somebody help me !!!
Doesn't make sense....
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:44 — Bob_SconceI'm having a tough time figuring out why most of the people going to the local elementary school don't already go to the local middle school next.
Basically, Chuck seems to be saying "Well, we already bus kids far away to elementary school. And, since we want to keep them with their peer groups, we need to bus them far away when they go to middle school." They should just avoid busing either set.
Never been a priority before
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:33 — gstelmackThey rip schools apart all the time and take kids away from their friends. It's only a priority when it benefits them.
Laughable
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:29 — g88ky07So Chuck wants to use "peer pressure" as a means of reassignment now? Since WHEN did kids get a choice in the matter?? Parents never do!!
Anyone out there know ANYONE on this board?
This guy is becoming more & more like David Koresh every day!
"Dulaney said Wake doesn't have the school capacity needed ..."
MORE future bond spin!
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
"These planning groups
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:08 — bigwinnie"These planning groups consist of teachers, parents and administrators in the areas most likely to be affected by the assignment plan. "
WHO? WHERE? I have a feeling my middle school will be hit and NO ONE is asking around here that I know of? But then again, there is always sneakiness going on behind the scenes.