More to come later, but Wake County school staff proposed today a timeline that would have the school board adopt the 2013-14 assignment plan on Dec. 11.
This draft timeline would have the plan being presented Nov. 13 with public hearings in November and early December. The board would hold work sessions Dec. 4 and Dec. 11 with the vote that day.
The board will vote on the timeline Oct. 30. If the plan is adopted Dec. 11, the soft transition would immediately go into effect Dec. 12 with new families going to their base school instead of participating in the choice plan.
Along the way, you had board members arguing about scrapping the choice plan and what using the 11-12 maps mean. It was stressed that there would be few reassignments for next year and that all existing students can grandfather at their current school, including those who participated in the choice plan.
Comments
How does capping a school
Tue, 10/16/2012 - 18:56 — loriacHow does capping a school work? Who gets priority - the grandfathered students or the base assigned students!
It depends on the type of
Wed, 10/17/2012 - 07:17 — kbrooks500It depends on the type of cap. It does not impact any student already attending the school. A partial cap would mean students outside the base area could not apply, so those particular schools would not have open enrollment. A full cap would mean the school was closed to non-base and base students. A partial cap would occur at 100% capacity, a full cap would be made on an individual school-by-school basis, using principal input, to determine if enough room at a school exists to add more students.
lets talk about what a full cap means
Wed, 10/17/2012 - 09:02 — garnergradAlready we know that Apex Middle will be over capacity. Rising sixth graders who want a traditional calendar option but are not in the base assignment area will be out of luck. But what will they do if the base assigned rising sixth graders exceed the cap? I understand that according to the old maps they can't fit the base in the school without removing nodes.
The lobbying has already begun in earnest. I've talked with parents who think they have priority because they live closer. Other parents are arguing their node is assigned to a traditional calendar elementary so for calendar continuity they get top priority and the YR kids get screwed yet again.
We are right back in the same mess we in two years ago--hold your breath in December and hope you get assigned to the school you want.
Tell those traditional parents not to worry
Thu, 10/18/2012 - 20:01 — FSandYOUWhen this board sees there is no other way all traditional schools will go to year round.
Problem solved for everyone.
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Tue, 10/16/2012 - 18:51 — SideburnsTake note that this is just for 2013-14. They will create yet another plan on 2014-15.