The Wake County school system had 147,539 students in class on Tuesday, which school officials say shows the district is on pace to meet or exceed its projected enrollment for this year.
Tuesday's enrollment was 5,161 more students than the 142,378 kids who were in class on day two in the 2011-12 school year. Last year, Wake went on to add 4,309 more students by day 20, which is used to record the official enrollment for the school year.
School officials expect that Wake will exceed its projected enrollment of 150,418 students this school year. If Wake matches last year's growth between day 2 and day 20, Wake could grow by more than 5,000 student this year.
The crowd of people registering at Central Office in Cary has gotten even larger this week.
Comments
The New Math
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 16:51 — apexdad2100you can't transport 5,000 more kids with 50 less buses, tony.
You can IF
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 19:41 — FSandYOUYou, the parent, do your job and actually be accountable for YOUR CHILD.
Pretty easy fix huh.
It Depends...
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 17:49 — JanisTangoIt depends...last year most of the buses at our school had less than 20 children per bus. The bus capacity was around 60. That would be 8 buses with 40 available seats which would equate to 320 empty seats! Half empty buses was not all the uncommon the last few years! I think the challenge this year is all the additional bus routes.
They all...
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 06:38 — bpuli9999go to different schools. What you say is valid only if a single bus is going to multiple schools.
Huh!
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 08:47 — JanisTangoWe've had a ton of empty seats the last few years on our buses. The buses would also arrive 15 minutes before the bell and the kids would have to sit on the bus. I'm making a point that 5000 kids doesn't necessary indicate a need for more buses. With the amount of empty seats that we've had over the last few years they could combine bus routes in some areas. We had 3 buses in our area for the same school and most of them had 10 kids or less. They do need to make sure the route makes sense and will get the kids to and from school on time. At the beginning of the school year it's always a guessing game for the transportation folks. They don't know who is going to ride until they are a few weeks into the route. In the past few years only about 50% of the WCPSS kids rode the bus and I doubt it has changed much this year.
Split schedule concept
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 14:10 — Apexcitizen1We think these are bussing issues but I think this is really a beta for having schools with split schedules. We can add that to the choice plan.
Elementary Level:
9:15am to 3:50pm or 6:15pm to 2:15am
There just preparing the contigency incase the bond doesn't pass.
Let's be more precise here....
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 12:38 — Bob_SconceThe Wake School system had 132,504 students in their FIRST class on Tuesday. It took until third period before the remaining 15,035 kids were able to get off their buses.
And all that...
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 16:43 — bpuli9999because they took 50 buses out of service? Methinks the problem is a bit deeper than that.
Well...
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 23:26 — Bob_Sconce50 buses out of service + 5000 additional students + going to two-tier bussing + a bunch of changed start/end times + a different student assignment plan.
But, here's something else that nobody seems to want to admit: an under-staffed central office. Despite all the complaint about "waste in the central office," it's pretty clear that administrators are necessary.
I agree.
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 06:39 — bpuli9999Goes to show that you can't eat the cake and have it too.
Plus
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 07:11 — HereWeGoPlus someone in charge with no experence.
that is becoming more
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 08:39 — jeannie84that is becoming more evident, isn't it?
Are we talking about the
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 10:19 — shearertwAre we talking about the school system or the country?