Why haven't black and Hispanic families been vocal about the new student reassignment plan?
As noted in today's article, it depends on whom you ask. Is it a case of minority families being satisfied with the plan? Or do they not know about the plan or feel intimidated about speaking out?
"We need to keep schools healthy so we'll acede to the assignment proposal," said Calla Wright, president of the Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children.
Rosa Gill, chairwoman of the school board, also thinks the relative silence from the minority community indicates support for the plan.
But you get a sharp disagreement from other people.
Venita Peyton and Lonnette Williams, chairwoman of the Central Raleigh Citizens Advisory Council, say a lot of minority parents, especially low-income ones, don't know about the plan.
Wake no longer sends notices to parents warning that their specific node is in the reassignment plan. All they get is a pamphlet saying their school is in the plan and they might be affected.
Parents need to go online to see if they are in the plan.
"Everyone doesn't have access to the Internet," Peyton said.
Williams said Wake needs to do more to notify minority families. For instance, she proposed enlisting the help of the Raleigh Housing Authority.
But Wright and Gill contend that there's been so much media coverage of the reassignment plan that parents have known to check if they're impacted.
Williams counters that parents in her neighborhood (near Shaw University) didn't know they're proposed for reassignment from Daniels Middle to Davis Drive Middle and from Broughton High to Green Hope High.
Comments
Actually, We DO Have Data on Minorities’ Views of Busing
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 13:15 — AngelaWhttp://triangle.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=3235
Angela, Thanks for
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 19:19 — CaryCurmudgeonAngela,
Thanks for posting this, amazing stuff! Only 17% of black and hispanic respondents believe we should have busing to maintain economic diversity. And only 17% of public school teachers believe we should have busing for economic diversity.
This falls right in line with what leaders like Venita Peyton have been saying, and what a lot of WCPSS teachers are afraid (due to school board vindictiveness) to say.
and why WCPSS won't study
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 19:28 — AngelaWand why WCPSS won't study the effects of diversity busing.
AngelaW, why don’t you
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 22:41 — user1234AngelaW, why don’t you leave doing studies to the universities instead of wanting the school board to spend money and time doing studies? They need to spend time teaching not doing studies.
Also, I think the minorities were thinking that they would get better of equal teacher and facilities out of not being bussed to the new white school. If you asked it they would rather get bussed to the new full equipped, top teacher school or stay in their dilapidated, inferior high turn over school they might change their minds. There may be a perception in the question that the majority will provide equal or better resources if they stayed put on the other side of the tracks which won’t happen.
How do you know what the
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 23:05 — CaryCurmudgeonHow do you know what the minorities were thinking. And BTW, the question you pose is exactly what is being asked... WCPSS wants to bus F&R students out to the 'burbs where there are many brand spanking new schools... And they are still saying no through the opt-out process. You have made some good points here in the past, I'll just chalk this up to your having an off night.
I've yet to see the BoE
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 22:46 — AngelaWI've yet to see the BoE teach, that's the teachers....and what a presumptuous attitude with regards to answers...there may NOT be a perception at all....this was a national survey, BTW not local....
supportwcpss--I agree that
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:50 — jenmansupportwcpss--I agree that just giving these schools more money will not work. BUT, simply busing these kids all around the county isn't improving their achievement either. In many cases I think its detrimental to their achievement.
WCPSS needs to be willing to objectively examine the diversity policy.
1)They need to define what their goals are from this policy. Are they trying to keep white middle class families from leaving the system? Are they trying to improve minority and low income students' achievement? What is it exactly that they expect this policy to do? Not just the feel-good 'research shows that all kids do better, blah blah blah'.
2)They need to objectively look at whether or not those goals are being met by their current implementation of the policy. Again, not the feel good 'research shows. . . .' but actual research/data from WCPSS that shows how well the policy is meeting the goals.
3) If WCPSS is not meeting the objectives/goals of the policy, they need to figure out why not.
4)Come up with more solutions or a tweaking of the policy to help meet the goals. My guess is that busing kids 18 miles to Green Hope high school will have negative effects equal to or greater than any benefits incurred by the students. Same thing with the kids getting bused out of Underwood and Joyner that are now being sent to Green Hope ES and Leesville. I'm not sure that they are gaining anything from this move, especially since they weren't moved out of an unhealthy school in the first place. So is there a better solution?
Maybe a limit on how far we bus. Make sure that we reassign these kids to where there are public transportation options available for those parents who don't have cars. I'm sure that some of the low income parents would like to attend conferences and school events. Or just be able to get to the school to pick up a sick child.
We cannot just move these kids to a 'wealthy' school and call it a success. If that worked, I would support what they are doing, but it doesn't. We have to do more than what we are doing now and WCPSS needs to be brave enough to honestly and objectively investigate the issue.
User1234--There are more
Tue, 01/13/2009 - 12:55 — jenmanUser1234--There are more than just a few schools don't fit within the 20-40% guideline. Diversity busing will go on even after growth slows to a crawl.
We have 99 elem schools. 23 are less than 20% F&R. 29 are >/= to 41%. 16 of those are over 50% F&R. That's half of our elem schools out of compliance with the 20/40 guideline.
Of our 30 middle schools, 6 are less than 20% and 9 are more than 40%. Again, half of the middle schools are outside the parameters.
Also keep in mind that Growth Management is now using the 'comparable schools' clause to justify some of the moves. So if two schools near each other are at 22% & 39%, they could still be 'adjusted' to be more in line with each other. I don't know at what point the schools will be comparable enough. There is no definition of the comparable schools policy. Within Policy 6200 it states: "While absolute balance of each factor across all schools is not achievable, comparability between neighboring schools in regard to each factor is the desired outcome of the student assignment process." No definition of what 'comparability' means and no definition of what neighboring schools are.
Thank you .. I typically
Tue, 01/13/2009 - 13:40 — user1234Thank you .. I typically only look at the high schools .. I should have guessed the smaller and local elementary schools would have more variation.
I would like to see 20-40% mix across most schools, if possible. <10% schools probably could be given a computer and independent study and pass the tests ……. >60% must be a real problem with performance and retaining teachers without serious amount of extra funds.
Money solves all the worlds problem
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:06 — supportwcpssI don't understand why everyone thinks money will solve the worlds money. I have heard at nauseum that we just need more money for those poor high F&R schools. Except for a few very select examples across the country this doesn't work. Some of you point out specific feel good stories, but when you look at trying to implement those ideas on a large scale effort it doesn't work.
More money does not, and will not, solve the issue.
Have there been any studies
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 11:18 — Falcto try to determine why it worked in those select examples? What are they doing that is different? Why can't what they do be replicated elsewhere?
Connection
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 20:10 — SDR256I strongly believe it has to do with personal connection, which we're really bad at these days. If you're brought together because the whole community is stuggling, then you do better. Everybody helps each other. I have really wonderful, inspiring stories of my own family in the Depression embracing a very wide variety of people into their own house because they were part of their community and this is what they needed to do to survive as a community.
However, If your experience is more like a virus as a vaccine being injected into an otherwise perfectly happy body, your life is not going to be so happy. This is not natural on a human connectivity scale. Its not common sense. People do want to help each other, but they want to help those who they've actually met (regardless of color/religion/culture) those whom they connect with (regardless of color/religion/culture), those they can SEE and put a name to. This busing thing just makes us all a data variable. This is not personal. That's the weakness.
We are told that F&R
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 22:12 — CaryCurmudgeonWe are told that F&R students should be bused (in many cases) many miles across town to lower-F&R schools to compensate for lack of parental support at home. If these parents really didn't care about their children's education, then they wouldn't take the time to attend reassignment meetings.
F&R students fall into many categories, and making broad statements about them the way the school board does is not only inaccurate, but serves to discredit these students and their families.
A F&R student may come from a wonderful and supportive family who has fallen on hard times or historically had lower income. Making assumptions that these kids require compensation for lack of support at home is flat out wrong. Their families may understand the value of education even more than some middle-class families. These families also have pride, and do not want to advertise to the world that they are in need of F&R meals. They are probably not going to get up at a WCPSS meeting and introduce themselves has F&R.
A F&R student may be hispanic, here legally or illegally. Hispanic people face predjudice every day. The last thing they will do is get up at a WCPSS meeting and complain, knowing that a lot of people's reaction would be "If you don't like it, go back where you came from."
A F&R student may be black or other race. The CCAACC is the only group I have heard speak in favor of busing. Their membership represents a small fraction of the black community, so their vote of confidence for diversity does not carry much weight. If the board meets with Venita Peyton and the parents she represents, they will hear a very different story.
And remember, most of the children who opted out of MYR assignments were F&R students -- they voted with their feet.
We keep hearing that the school board and their supporters "feel," "conclude," "deduce," "think," and "believe" that diversity busing works. The CCACC is "in favor" of diversity busing. How in God's name can we be doing this without anyone being "certain" that it is working, and have that certainty based on data? Especially when this isn't a win/neutral proposition? This is a win/lose proposition. We are CERTAIN that blowing up neighborhood schools impacts performance (Look to Davis former School of Excellence as an example). "Certain" trumps all those other emotional fuzzies.
When they leave....
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 16:27 — WuptdoI understand there are school systems up North (Detroit comes to mind) that have relatively new schools and no students. There is a strange balance between growth, tax rates, populations and jobs. If one of theses gets too far out of whack, then adjustments begin to happen. Hence, back in the 80's when folks left Boston, Texas and Michigan in droves in search of the "promised land." The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce has been advertising this area for years as the new "promised land." The trouble is, we all get stuck with the tax bill at the end of the year, while the "Friends of Wake County" get richer.
You want change? Bite the bullet, hold your nose, take lots of Tums, and start volunteering at your local political party headquarters. It might take a few years, but if parents can take over both the major organization, change will then be possible.
Why not speak?
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 13:58 — KnightdaleParentOne reason is because it is terrifying for most of us to speak up in a small group, much less to stand in front of a large group and try to speak your mind in three minutes with everyone staring at you. I did it at one meeting and thought I would die.
And then after you have spoken in front of the entire group to know that the BOE is going to go ahead and do what they want anyway.
or worse yet, a Chuck-double
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 20:09 — AngelaWor worse yet, a Chuck-double speak, back and forth! at the "informal" Leesville meeting, I was "lucky" enough to engage in a back and forth to which I never (of coure) got an answer to my questions.
but nerve-wracking? heck yeah, imagine someone whose 1st language is not english, does the BoE REALLY think those families might take on the BoE? c'mon....be real...it's ALL double speak AND double standards with them.
Point
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 19:59 — SDR256Exactly the point I was trying to make below. Its not easy for anyone to go through this process. And to say that the fact that they haven't seen some families in the BoE meetings is a little like saying you didn't show up to the colosium because you're allergic to lions.
Knight Parent...BINGO What
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 14:10 — rr77rr99Good for you
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 14:09 — loriacI think it's great that you spoke, even though you were scared to death. I also agree that this whole reassignment proposal is very hard to understand. We have a lot of resources in our neighborhood - sales people, PR specialists, technical writers, analysts, writer and former education analyst, marketing people, technical program managers - it took all of us working together to understand the wcpss website, all the data, the implications, and what arguments MIGHT be effective with the board. We have a strong neighborhood network, yahoo and google groups, a neighborhood website... ie, a strong, established neighborhood. If I was working 2 jobs, and lived in an apartment with no neighborhood association - I wouldn't know the first step to take besides perhaps looking up my node and submitting a comment. Of course, the rub is, I'm not sure all our efforts will make any difference anyway.
WCPSS doesn't WANT to know,
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 13:03 — AngelaWWCPSS doesn't WANT to know, it would tak the "gilded edges" off an already flaking picture....and then where would they be? not re-elected if there is any justice, that's for sure.
Thank you
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:54 — SDR256Thank you, Keung, for trying to show another part of the picture. Its clear you've tried to get past the knee-jerk statements recycled through the years. I was glad to hear some new voices quoted....or at least one new voice.
Is there a way to do some real investigative reporting and go and ask the families themselves instead of relying on these self appointed spokespeople? Even for many parents proportedly educated and understanding their democratic rights - getting up to speak at a public speak out has been a terrifying experience. I know one mom, a former MS teacher who had a lot of angst over writing a letter to the editor. This is not fair to make assumptions and speculate in the newspaper about why some families don't respond. It is NOT well communicated, if you aren't looking for the information. If I hadn't had a lot of knowledgable parents to advise me I would have had a hard time digging out and translating all of the BoE-ese language. You all know this - node? what is that? I mean, how do you expect someone with a lot less self confidence, support and where-with-all to do this? Even one person, but a group of people? I
I bet I'm not the only one curious to hear what these families would have to say if the choice was clearly defined and they could pick between having their child reassigned ad infinitum with the risks listed OR having a school like the green dot schools in LA: http://www.greendot.org/ or something more along the lines of Geoffery Canada's schools in NYC: http://www.hcz.org/ http://www.charlierose.com/guest/byname/geoffrey_canada These are stable, community based models and they are not the only examples.
I wonder...really really wonder, if these families wouldn't see the better choice here. How come there are schools like this high F&R school which are so successful and seem so happy? http://www4.gcsd.k12.sc.us/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=8898 Is SC smarter than we are?
Any and all of us here and those interviewed in the paper, including Rosa are so arrogant to think any of us would know how those high risk families would answer.
This is similar to what I do for work - researching what the real end user wants/needs and then advocating for that. They will really surprise you over what their 'managers' or 'executives' THINK they need. (in this case BoE and CCCAAC) You don't know until you bypass the management layer and ASK! Let's stop guessing!
Keung, this question has not been answered! Is there a way you could find to go ASK these families a really clearly described choice? Let's take a survey - door to door - at the grocery store, what would work? WE WANT TO KNOW.
WCPSS has done some of the research
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 22:50 — Teacher2000In 2004, WCPSS did a study about the effect of student reassignment and student outcome. The major finding? Out of the 220 some elementary students being reassigned for diversity, all but 52 opted out of being reassigned. Go to http://www.wcpss.net/evaluation-research/reports/2005/0506reassignment05.pdf for the full study. I think that study speaks volumes.
Revealing
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 23:30 — SDR256Wow, thank you Teacher2000.
But the school board knows
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 23:12 — CaryCurmudgeonBut the school board knows better than their parents do, right?
Is SC smarter than we
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 20:14 — vsheehanIs SC smarter than we are?
Yes ; )
fyi
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:53 — Sideburnshttp://triangle.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=3235
Talk to the teachers.....
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:25 — WuptdoIf you talk to the teachers and if they can trust you not to RAT them out to administration or on this blog, I think you will get some real TRUTH. Truth & reality are two concepts that the BoE(eR) and WCPSS Management have a problem with. Over the years, I have known many of WCPSS finest, you know, the ones actually in the trenches, day in, day out, doing the actual work. Guess what they will tell you -- only about half of the parents actually CARE about their children education. The rest, well guess what folks, WCPSS it is nothing more than free daycare for them. They are very easy to find these parents as they are the ones screaming the loudest every time there is a teacher work day or school is closed due to bad weather.
If these folks don't care about their children, why should we?
Some parents don't care, others...
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:51 — fiestamomI agree, some parents do look at public school as a day care and could care less what their kids do. Other parents ( I used to be one) think it's not "their" school. Other schools have problems with poor teachers, uncaring principals, etc. That could be one reason the board puts up the info on the website:
Number one :because they don't have 500 angry parents calling the day after they get a notice they're being sent out of the school
Number two: parents may hear peripherally that the district is moving 20K+ students and they decide, "hey I haven't heard anything.... must not be my school".
I still can't believe the comment Lonette Williams made "people in Southeast Raleigh aren't computer savvy".... if a white republican said that.... hoo boy.
Williams said a few things
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 19:59 — rr77rr99Williams said a few things in that article that were uncalled for, yet no one will call her out on them I am sure.
Hmm...
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 10:17 — Bob_SconceSo, Rosa Gill seems to think that the families are being silent because they know about the reassignment and approve. After all, it's been all over the press, largely due to the opposition.
However, if I thought that policy was the right thing for my kids and a bunch of other parents were trying to get the school district to change its mind, I would be going to those community engagement meetings and supporting the plan.
Rosa's conclusion just doesn't hold water.
Wrong assumption
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 17:08 — supportwcpssOnce again a wrong assumption. In general people won't step up to agree with something. This is typical bahavior. People don't call tech support to thank people for their product. If a majority of people really opposed it I would expect to see tens of thousands of people or even thousands instead of a few hundred, 25% of which support it.
question
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:52 — loriacMr. Hui -I watched the video from the SE Raleigh High hearings. There was a speaker, a SE Raleigh Community leader, who asked to board to meet with her neighborhood constituents in a nearby church, ie a more intimate setting that they would be more likely to attend. Do you know if the board agreed to this meeting? This speaker implied that her constituents were not aware of the plan and its effect on their neighborhoods.
From Ms. Gill's comments - maybe they already met and told her they were in total agreement with this plan?
You're talking about Venita
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 13:32 — KeungHui (author)You're talking about Venita Peyton. She says Rev. Robinson at St. Matthew AME had offered to host the meeting. I haven't heard back from Rev. Robinson about the offer. But no, they didn't have any kind of meeting wtih Gill or other board members yet.
Easy Answer
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 09:00 — NCParentBecause many of them are not involved in the education of their child(ren).
Eh...
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 09:26 — Bob_SconceThat's an easy answer, but it's really simplistic.
I wouldn't know about it if I didn't read about it online in the N&O (I never watch TV news). Forcing people to look it up for themselves can be a bit daunting -- you have to go to the WCPSS website, find the right area, figure out what your node is, then go to the reassignment page for your school and see if your node is in that list.
I suspect a lot of people probably take the attitude "If it affects me, they'll tell me." Heck, that used to be the case -- I'm not sure that WCPSS has done a good job advertising that they've stopped that practice.
Rosa Gill is in the middle of it and, of course thinks that it's been well-covered in the news. Maybe if she took a few steps back, she would see it differently.
Welcome to the new United
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 09:34 — rr77rr99Welcome to the new United States of America...The Moron Doctorine.... sit around and complain that "no one told me" yet, don't bother to try to find the information yourself through the many varied outlets that are available to you in this day and age of techology.
APPLICATION TO SCHOOL ISSUE IN WCPSS... Don't ever pick up a phone and call a school, don't EVER read the newspaper, don't ever go to your FREE public libaray and read the news for free there or use the free computer, don't ever talk to a neighbor or a parent from your child's school, hell, don't even VISIT a school and request a sit down with the principal or vice principal, don't ever watch tv, don't ever google on your hand held wireless internet (give me a break...all the teenagers I know have that, although I don't), don't ever read the thousands of fliers, newsletters, "updates" that come home from WCPSS in both English and Spanish, don't EVER talk to your child's teacher.
Yeap, yes sir, sit around and whine and cry that "no one told me" and blame others for your lack of knowledge about any situation.
It gives us all HOPE that we are turning into a nation of morons and that we are to assume no personal responsibility EVER for ANYTHING starting now and in the future.
Reading tea leaves
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 07:57 — Dadof3What if they're silent because... they're silent on the matter?
"On Being There"
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:13 — Dadof3There's a great old movie, Peter Sellers' last movie, by the way "On Being There." He's a very simple man that says very simple things. The comedy has to do with all the extra baggage everyone around him puts into his simple statement. (Not unlike a recent national candidate) He never, however, means anything more than what he just said.
We can graft on all we want into the void -- but it doesn't define anything but our own projections.
Then again, we have the electoral result and its consequences (the BoE) and their decisions do matter.
School Boards have to
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 07:41 — user1234School Boards have to satisfy federal, state and county officials and laws, live within a tax base and expand within what is voted for bonds. They have low income to high income parents each with their own needs. They have kid meeting in hallways and media centers. They have too many units in some places and too many students in some classes, both a violation of law.
Public input is good but they can not always worry about how everyone “feels”. They have a certain number of seats financed by voters that need to be filled in a safe manner. Once they get kids out of the hallways, reduce class sizes, and stabilize teacher retention, they can move on to higher level needs and wants.
Remember 2/3 of the parents voted to keep the schools segregated 30 years ago and government had to overrule them and the school had to implement it.
NCdad1 why did you change
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 20:03 — vsheehanNCdad1 why did you change your user name?
computer crashed and I
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 20:41 — user1234computer crashed and I messed up the pw which was auto sign on so I just created another id so I would not miss the fun.
You are correct!
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 14:28 — g88ky07They do NOT care about public input, it's all part of the deal. Let the parents whine and then go about your business. Hold some moan and groan sessions and go ahead and do what you want anyway. As it has been and always will be.
Reality, parents have NO say in Wake County and never will again as long as bonds are passed and people such as Patti, Lori and Rosa are elected time and time again.
That simple!
When the growth stops, the
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 16:00 — user1234When the growth stops, the businesses will stop coming here, the people will stop coming here, the kids will stop coming here, we will stop building homes and schools and there won’t be much need to move people to fill any open seats since there won’t be any new opening or closing to fill.
Diversity will always require change
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 16:25 — KnightdaleParentWhile growth may come to an end. The reassignment will continue as diversity will mandate that the numbers be manipulated. LI% will change in an area and so the non-LI and/or LI% will have to be reassigned to balance. It will not end as long as diversity is the goal.
“While growth may come to
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 17:12 — user1234“While growth may come to an end. The reassignment will continue as diversity will mandate that the numbers be manipulated. LI% will change in an area and so the non-LI and/or LI% will have to be reassigned to balance. It will not end as long as diversity is the goal.”
I don’t agree … there are only a few schools that are not in the range of 20-40% F&R which is near the county wide average of 30%. High Needs kids (LI, LE, IP, Special Ed) are not going to be moving around frequently in a stagnant community. Normally, there are only a few places these folks can afford to live. So, I don’t believe the SB would shake everything up to “slosh” the LI kids around in a stagnant community. The opening of new schools gives them an opportunity to move some nodes around but there would not be much of any reassignment without growth.
You are correct about the
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 18:19 — KnightdaleParentYou are correct about the special needs in an area staying the same. What I meant and should have stated clearer is that the LI% will change in a school based on the non-LI children from certain nodes "aging out" of that school and not being replaced as the homes in that area are not sold to a new family with school age children (no growth suggests that current residents will most likely stay in their current location). The LI% will increase in the school they were feeding and in order to maintain the percentage, nodes that have non-LI children will have to be reassigned to balance.
Take the "feelings" out
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 10:40 — kirtlSo then let's take "feelings" out of the equation. Make decisions based on hard data. Do studies that can show if the current methods are working. Let's not rely on studies from other areas. Let's look closely at what is bing done here. The article discussed how different groups feel about reassignment. If you don't think that is valid criteria, let's get some valid criteria.
"Make decisions based
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:27 — user1234"Make decisions based on hard data.”
Sounds like an engineering or business approach.
I am thinking you think the primary goal is excellent education. The WCPSS has many more demands that excellent education. They have all kinds of federal, state and county constraints and influences. They have massive data collection / reporting requirements. They have a large numbe of people to feed each day. They have town / county constraints on number of trailers, parking, traffic which consume time and have nothing to do with education. They are opening 3-5 new schools a year with all the permits and they are working on the next bond proposal to keep up with the growth. They try to introduce magnet schools to get suburban’s to use under utilized schools and YR as methods to fill seats in places where people don’t live now which has met with anger by some folks.
Once the WCPSS can get out of the building / logistic business and get back to education they will have the time and energy to fine tune the classroom using hard data.
Once the WCPSS can get out
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 15:46 — Eric_BOnce the
WCPSS can get out of the building / logistic business and get back to
education they will have the time and energy to fine tune the classroom
using hard data.
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There was a compromise on funding between the BoE and County Commissioners that would have turned over responsibility for school construction to the commissioners that was talked about this past summer. The board insisted on staying in the "building / logistics business".
http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/wakeed/index.php?title=transferring_school_construction_conditi&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Business
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:23 — SDR256WCPSS is a 2 BILLION dollar business that affects all of our lives. Its primary objective for existing is for education. It absolutely MUST be approached in like a business plan. Otherwise, what do you get? Reactionary planning and chronic churn and waste, waste, waste.