For the second year in a row, the Wake County school system has been exempted from the legislative requirement that students get five more days and 25 additional hours of classes to the school year.
Wake was among the 91 school districts who received waivers last Monday for the 2012-13 school year from State Schools Superintendent June Atkinson. The State Board of Education, which initially balked at allowing waivers for the 2012-13 school year, decided earlier this month to give Atkinson the permission to grant them.
Wake, like most school districts, cited the need to train teachers on the common core on why they shouldn't have to add the extra days. In addition to providing more training time, Wake Superintendent Tony Tata says the waiver will save $1.4 million in transportation costs.
Interestingly, the state listed Wake as asking for a waiver from all five days. Wake initially only asked for a partial waiver.
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Thank you FSandYOU
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 10:46 — elangleyFor your courage and relentless fight against tyranny.
Thank you FSandYOU
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 10:44 — elangleyFor your courage and relentless fight against tyranny.
no thought put into this one
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 17:10 — louiselee44This is one of the provisions I have closely followed. It was buried in the budget last year at the last minute. Politics written all over it. I'm hoping it will disappear after this year's legislative session :^)
Oh come on....
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 14:43 — Bob_SconceThe law was a cynical attempt by the GOP leaders in the GA to make it appear that they were helping education while, at the same time, they were hacking education funding. It's stupid and the State Board makes a mockery of it by exempting anybody who asks.
If the GA wants to add more school days, then it should fund those school days. If it doesn't want to fund them, then it should drop the charade.
And for the 2nd year in a row
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 13:26 — FSandYOUSurprise!
We can make the laws, but we sure won't enforce them.