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Posted: August 6, 2012

Wake voters get say in Wake Tech expansion plan

Wake Tech sign / Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, N.C. —

The Wake County Board of Commissioners agreed Monday to put a proposed $200 million bond issue to fund expansion at Wake Technical Community College before the voters. The bond referendum will appear on the November ballot.

Wake Tech would use the $200 million in general obligation bonds to build a new campus, the school's sixth, in Morrisville. The state's second-largest community college serves more than 65,000 students and has more than 6,000 on a waiting list.

"Over the next six years, Wake Tech expects to grow by 50 percent,” President Stephen C. Scott said in a statement. “These facilities will help students get the classes they need to get the degrees they need to meet the county’s job market needs.”

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Like with Easley- which /what /where get the $ contracts???

mswayze
August 7, 2012 1:37 p.m.

Wake Teck already has two campuses, both very big. No real need for a third! Just a "want" not a "need". It's time to say no to some of this wasteful spending.

jdupree
August 7, 2012 1:03 p.m.

tuition has already been increasing almost every semester because the GOP wants us to pay more for our schooling.. summer classes arent subsidized by the state so tuition is almost as much as NC State tuition... its getting to the point where going to wake tech is about as expensive as a 4 yr college only you get screwed taking their non-accredited classes and not knowing about it...

The Contractor
August 7, 2012 10:19 a.m.

Investing in education at all levels only helps us all in the long run.

dwntwnboy
August 7, 2012 9:31 a.m.

As is usual I will vote no. Tuition and fees have to be raised to cover this. Wake County already carries far too much debt. It makes no sense to add to it. People need to wake up, the debt is on the taxpayer, not on something generically referred to as "A County" "A STATE" "A Federal Government". The collateral used for EVERY debt instrument is the future earnings of "Taxpayers". I define taxpayers as individual people and private companies. Voting yes essentially means you have borrowed against your future earnings and the future earnings of your kids if you have them. Maybe it is time for lenders to take into account that debt when they decide whether or not to issue you a car loan or a mortgage. Right now my county taxes are already too high and they need to be lower not higher.

whatelseisnew
August 7, 2012 8:54 a.m.

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