Parents to Learn More About New Wake Reassignment Plan

Raleigh, N.C. — Wake County parents will soon learn more about the school system's revised reassignment proposal. School officials are sending out letters to families starting Monday, detailing the changes.

Officials estimate 8,000 new students will flood Wake County classrooms and hallways every year for the next several years. To handle the massive growth, administrators are proposing to shift more than 11,000 students to other schools, including recent changes that will affect 1,500 students.

Some changes will add students to the reassignment plan, some will drop students while others reassign students to a different school.

"It makes me sad. I hate to see it happen," said parent Kathleen Brennan.

Board members said, like the plan itself, the changes are not easy.

"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," school board member Lori Millberg.

The final vote on the changes and the entire reassignment plan will be Feb. 6.

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Oh dem0nm0nky.... you shall see when you become a parent. You shall see:-)

GIGATT
January 29, 2007 3:58 p.m.

i had to switch highschools midway through because of reassignment. i was sent to a school where i knew next to noone. but you know what? the people i was closest too stayed my friends. and we still keep in touch to this day. i also made a boat load of new friends at the new school. it was a growing experience. your kids need to learn that change is a vital part of life. if they don't learn this now they become less likely to accept change later in life. and that leads to debates like this one. i think the reason most of you are up in arms is that this is an inconvenience to you. having to change your morning routine.

m0nky
January 29, 2007 3:43 p.m.

Stop building new homes and that will slow down the growth. Then people like me who have a home for sale in Raleigh can sell it:-) Glad I'm not there to endure this mess anymore!

GIGATT
January 29, 2007 3:34 p.m.

It's a sad thing to happen to the children. My daughter is going to lose most of her friends that she has been going to school with since kindergarden. She has ask if she could go with them, but my wife and I try to explain what is going on but she doesn't understand.

boozex3
January 29, 2007 3:27 p.m.

While I don't agree that not having kids in school should exempt someone from paying the taxes, I do think that as a county, we need to stop our unchecked urban sprawl and set limits. If a school is full, create a waiting list, with priority given to those parents that already have a child in the same school.

This will likely mean that people new to the area will need to go the next available school, even if its counties away. We should stop ripping apart our gorgeous green state and building more and more homes whose residents our roads and schools can't accommodate.