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Debate Over Wake Reassignment Leads To Heated Exchange


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Issue Over Wake School Reassignment Remains Emotional Issue
Issue Over Wake School Reassignment Remains Emotional Issue

What started as a friendly meeting over

Wake County school reassignment

quickly turned into a heated exchange.

A group of parents from Wakefield Plantation are upset that their children will be reassigned. They would move from Wakefield Elementary to a temporary modular school on the campus of the Dubois Center about five miles away. The DuBois Center feels that it is under attack from parents who do not want their children attending a modular school on the grounds.

Bettie Edwards-Murchison, executive director of the Dubois Center, and parent Chris Haney later became involved in a heated discussion over the reassignment plan.

"I think the fear that many parents are expressing have as much to do with class as it has to do with race," Edwards-Murchison said.

"It's not racist. This is not a racist incident," Haney said.

Both sides later said they may have misinterpreted the other's position.

RELATED TOPICS: Wake County, Wakefield Plantation

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