There were more than 11,800 school suspensions last year with black student making up 63% of them. According to a school year end report the amount of suspensions were up 6% in 2014-2015 but while black student make up less than a quarter of all Wake County students they accounted for 63% of last […]
According to wral.com on February 5th a judge ordered Wake County Schools to pay a man’s estate $225,000. Joe Shelton of Clayton who was 41 years old was killed when he was hit by a school bus in 2013 The report states that Jimmie Eberhart of Cary was the bus driver. The report stated that […]
The winter storm closed Wake County Public Schools on Friday and school leaders have announced their make up days. Traditional-calendar students will now have classes on Monday, Feb. 15, which is President’s Day. Year-round students in tracks 1, 2 and 3 will now have classes on Saturday, April 2. Year-round students in track 4 will […]
Unity in the Community is this Saturday from 11am – 6pm at NC State Fair Grounds. Wake Acceleration Academy is one of our great sponsors. I talked with the Operations Manager Andrea Moore and she will be sharing information about: How students who have left Wake Co. public schools can obtain their Wake Co […]
So I was up a little earlier today making sure my kids got off early enough for the first day of school, and so were so many other parents. On this first day of school, Wake County’s Superintendent James Merrill says that their “teacher shortage” is not slowing them down. Durham’s Superintendent talks about […]
photo credit: Snow Ball via photopin (license) Both Wake and Durham public schools have been out for the week due to inclement weather related to this past weeks snow. Make up days have been announced for both counties: WAKE: Traditional calendar : March 23 Modified calendar: March 9 Year round tracks 1,3,and 4 will make […]
Durham County schools have decided to forgive the 3 snow days from February, which means students won’t have to give up any of their spring break. However, they were closed again on Tuesday because of the ice and that day has not been decided. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and […]
Good news for Wake County students; you won’t have to make up any of the 3 snow days that you had out last week. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply That means no Saturday classes or taking away from spring break. Wake County […]
The public can meet the finalists for wake county school superintendent. The three finalists will take questions at a community forum this evening from 6:30 – 8:30 at Memorial Auditorium at the DukeEnergyCenter for the Performing Arts downtown Raleigh. The finalists are: Dana Bedden – Superintendent of the Irving Independent School District near Dallas, TX. […]
The Wake County Board of Education considered about two dozen applicants and now have come down to the final three of whom they believe are very capable of running this district and its size, according to Chariman Keith Sutton. The finalist include: Dr. Dana Bedden, superintendent of the Irving Independent School System in Irving, Texas; […]
