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Posted: March 2, 2010

Four Wake year-round schools will go traditional

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Raleigh, N.C. — Three year-round schools in Wake County will return to a traditional-calendar schedule next school year, the Board of Education decided Tuesday.

Leesville Road Elementary and Leesville Road Middle in Raleigh and Mills Park Elementary in Cary will undergo conversions.

The board also voted to open Cary's Mills Park Middle School, slated to open in the fall as a year-round school, as a traditional-calendar school.

The board also considered conversions of Salem Middle and Wakefield Elementary, but decided against them.

RELATED TOPICS: Leesville, Wake County, Cary, Raleigh, Wakefield Plantation

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What a shame that NO ONE cares about the children. The School Board certainly doesn't mind jerking them around, the parents are pulled from pillar to post and the children are just caught in the middle. Now I want everyone to start complaining about having to pay higher taxes to pay for more schools to take up the slack for losing year round schools.
Boo
March 4, 2010 12:27 p.m.
Way to go Leesville and others. Now on we march to get the rest reversed! time4real

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the majority of the parents at Leesville Elementary say they wanted to stay year round? How does this make them out to be winners? So much for listening to what the parents wanted, wasn't that the board's platform?
Sunc
March 3, 2010 12:06 p.m.
Look at all that wasted money.
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March 3, 2010 11:46 a.m.
My daughter is a 3rd grader at Leesville and we are in that 78% that prefer the year-round calendar. I am shocked that they have changed Leesville back to traditional with no plan in place for parents to opt for a year round school option. I have been in contact with WCPSS Growth and Planning department this morning looking for any information on what is next for us and where we will be moving. I have been advised that they are waiting on direction from the School Board. Give me a break! I am also waiting to see that now that we have a "CHOICE" if they will also be providing transportation to both options per neighborhood. Doubtful!

I am just so proud of Deborah Prikkett(correct spelling sensored) and that she was able to stay true to her campaign promises. NOT! She twisted that one to her benefit. I guess we will be one of those parents taking that other "great option, just two miles down the road". That's if they have enough space for us.
jena8207
March 3, 2010 11:30 a.m.
NC4Now

Not all YRS are operating ALL four tracks, due to lack of students. Sycamore(sp?) Elem. has 300 empty seats right now. If parents really have a choice in whether their child attends YR or traditional, the attendence in the schools will shift as well. There are a lot of students in traditional that their parents want in YR and the opposite is true for traditional.
cubed32696
March 3, 2010 11:11 a.m.
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