Tracey Noble nominated to serve on student assignment committee

Eric Blau will be stepping down from the Wake County school board's student assignment committee.

Blau said he's resigning because he's going to grad school in August and his wife will give birth in September. School board member Deborah Prickett said she nominated Blau to represent District 7 on the committee knowing he'd only be able to stay on for a short period.

Prickett has nominated Tracey Noble to replace Blau. Noble is a Brier Creek area parent who was actively involved in last winter's community engagement meetings that helped lead to the reassignment changes that impacted that part of northwest Raleigh.

Prickett said she met Noble while the latter was volunteering with the Wake Schools Community Alliance.

The school board is scheduled to vote on Noble's appointment on Tuesday. The board approved the other community committee members without objection so it's likely that Noble will be confirmed.

Noble could start as soon as the next committee meeting later this month.

Click here for the other eight community members of the committee. Each board member nominated one person.