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The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system: the reassignment of thousands of students, the conversion of traditional-calendar schools to a year-round schedule, the district's response to growth and the school construction program.
WakeEd is maintained by The News & Observer's Wake schools reporter, T. Keung Hui. While Keung posts information and analysis on the issues, keep us posted on your suggestions, questions, tips and what you're doing to cope with the changes in Wake's schools.
Wake on the editorial pages
Submitted by KeungHui on 08/18/2008 - 17:57
Wake got both favorable and unfavorable editorial mention today.
In an N&O editorial, Wake is praised for having "seen the light" in considering a new policy that would allow students to participate in shooting events. Wake got beaten up nationally after East Wake High students were banned from participating at an event earlier this year.
The school board will review a hunter education policy at Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting.Â
In a Fayetteville Observer op-ed piece, Cumberland County school board chairman Larry Lancaster spins the district only having 34 percent of its schools passing No Child Left Behind. While pointing out that 24 percent of Wake's schools made AYP, Lancaster said "in comparison with the five other large urban school districts in the state, we did well."
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Comments
A major difference.......
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 19:17 — WuptdoGeez, image if Wake County had one of the biggest military bases in the world instead of City of Raleigh. (drooling like Homer Simpson)
I believe the success of Cumberland County is the fact of the large number of low payed military families qualifying for "Free & Reduced" lunches. Pull the military kids out of the picture and re-do the math, then make the comparison. If the numbers are still positive, great for Cumberland County, if not, like the Wake BoE(eR) should, hide your head in shame.
In my many years as a Sailor, we might of been poor, but at least we where proud. Duty, Honor, and Country -- noble concepts being flush down the toilet by the people running our public education system.
Imagine..
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 19:29 — CitizenmomHey Ruck, imagine the BOE member for Cumberland County who wrote that piece working with Chuck Dulaney.
The Cumberland County piece
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 20:46 — gwaihirThe Cumberland County piece amused me. Imagine, the Wake BOE has had ribbons, and national recognition, which I think has caused them to be completely above themselves. And now you have Cumberland County effectively saying "Well, at least we aren't Wake County..."