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Parents Speak Out Against Wake Reassignment Plan


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At a forum Tuesday night, parents voiced their frustration with the largest school expansion plan ever presented to the Wake County School Board.

Wake County administrators are proposing to shift more than 11,000 students to other schools. Officials said they are bracing for 8,000 additional students for the next school year. But those facts are mixed with emotions and accusations as many parents face wrenching change.

“That's illegal, folks, and it isn't working,” said parent Glenn Miller at the forum held at Middle Creek High in Apex.

“I do not want to send my children to a school next year and then they have to be reassigned again,” said parent Elke Brand.

If the entire reassignment goes through, it would affect 93 elementary and middle schools. The administration's proposal would convert 19 elementary schools and three middle schools to a year-round schedule.

“I want to be on the track that I went though with my daughter for my son,” said parent Lore Gottberg.

“It's just going be a hardship on our family, financially, for vacations and everything,” said parent Tina Jackson.

Paula Boehm has two children who'd be reassigned.

“I'm counting on the fact that this reassignment will not go through,” Boehm said.

Boehm said she’s counting on her words to make a difference with the school board.

“It doesn't always work out in everybody's favor, but we do hear everyone and do our best to make the best plan we can,” said school board member Lori Millberg.

More public hearings are scheduled in the next two weeks. The board said it hopes to take a final vote on the reassignment plan on Feb. 6.
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I don't see how people whom chose to put their children in year roun can comment on those of us whom are being forced into year round.We are just supposed to deal with it? You decided that the schedule fit your lifestyle. There are hundreds of parents who would willingly choose the same thing. You can't justify forcing people into that situation. This is America. What works for some does not necessarily work for others.This doesn't make us selfish or neglectful parents, it just makes ud different from you!

If a child's base elementary school is traditional then their base middle school should be traditional. If their base elementary is year-round, then their base middle should be year-round.

It does not matter to me whether our kids are traditonal or year-round but it needs to be one or the other, not both. As it stands, I have a middle-schooler who is tradional and an elementary student who is year-round. That's just not going to work for us. And where we live, we have 6 year-round elementary schools feeding into 2 year-round middle.

Growth Management needs to change their name to Growth MISmanagement.

If the powers that be cant even comprehend bad weather to keep kids off the school buses, what in the world makes you people think that they can comprehend what is better for your student?

The biggest problem in the world is that the government is too involved as it is in the raising of our children. It's a lot better to home school your child then it is to send them to public schools. When Wake county can comprehend the National weather service saying to stay off the roads in bad weather, looking out for my child's best interest by doing so, then come to me about other things they may have in mind about what they think is best for my student. However until then, I seek home school as to what is best for my child. I determine what he learn and how fast he learns it.

1. They need to not keep switching it every few years, I agree.

2. whining about your kids being on the same schedule is just your laziness. Education needs to be the absolute first priority, sports, afterschool activities and vacations come last.

3. I don't have kids. I did, however, spend 12 years in the public school system plus college and ANY of you who gripe about cost for education need to get real. Hopefully some of you actually attended school and received some benenfit from public education, so now it's your time to help out by paying.

I agree w/ nthomas42, We own a home and don't have children, why do we pay for all the schools. Isn't there a way to tax all renters w/ children ?

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