The “restart” model for high-needs schools will expand to 10 more WCPSS schools next year. Last week, the state Board of Education approved the application submitted by WCPSS to restart five more elementary schools and five middle schools. All of which are schools that need to improve their test scores. The school system “relaunched” Walnut …
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Big changes could be coming to North Carolina’s educational funding system. A recent study presented to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation and Oversight Committee revealed inequities in the current funding formulas and made suggestions for entirely new ways to allocate money to the local school districts. This has the potential to be the biggest change in …
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The path to a new formula for paying school-based administrators is proving to be hard to find. At its first meeting in October, the Joint Legislative Study Committee on School-Based Administrator Pay reviewed a proposal to eliminate the current complicated salary schedule for school principals and the insufficient salary schedule for assistant principals in favor …
Salary bonuses may be coming for thousands of essential Wake County Public Schools employees who haven’t had a raise in years. The school board recently reviewed a plan to pay a one-time $500 bonus to hourly employees such as teacher assistants, custodians, child nutrition, bus drivers, office staff, and others using a combination of state …
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The last phase of the latest student assignment will be the result of parent input and student data. Wake County Public School System plans to open one middle school, two elementary schools, and one application-only high school for the 2017-18 school year. The parents around one of those elementary schools have been very active in …
The initial plan to restructure the way school principals are paid in North Carolina calls for an end of the complicated pay scale. In its place, lawmakers propose giving superintendents the power to negotiate salaries with principals, and to provide performance bonuses. Lawmakers from the Joint Legislative Study Committee on School-Based Administrator Pay presented a …
Living in Wake County offers many reasons to be thankful. November presents an opportunity to reflect on specific blessings we enjoy. I’m thankful to serve as a President of WakeEd Partnership, leading an outstanding staff all of whom share the same passion for the education experience of 157,000 students attending Wake County Public Schools each day. …
WakeEd has expanded its professional learning programs to beginning teachers thanks to a new collaboration with the Public School Forum of North Carolina.
Written by Rachel Fleming (Gilbane Building Company) Gilbane Building Company is proud to be a WakeEd partner in fostering educational opportunities for both students and educators. This year was our first year participating in World Cafe, which was a very inspiring event, as a room full of industry professionals volunteered their time to support various …
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In addition to creating exciting and innovative learning experiences for students in Wake County, WakeEd Partnership’s STEMpact programs are being recognized as unique, inspiring, and effective educational practices on a national stage. This summer, WakeEd President Steve Parrott visited Washington D.C. to receive a US2020 STEM Mentoring Award for Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships. WakeEd Partnership was …
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