Tuesday, July 7 was the first day of school for almost forty elementary and middle schools in the Wake County Public School System. And on Tuesday, July 7, WCPSS was operating on an interim budget because the North Carolina General Assembly has not finalized a budget for the 2015-2016 year. There are many funding questions …
Who among us isn’t proud to call Wake County home? A center of innovation, a vibrant commercial and cultural hub, a beautiful natural environment with well managed urban areas, and of course – a great public school system. For the past 15 years, Wake County has been one of the fastest growing communities in the …
As a parent I can remember the nervous excitement my kids had on the first day of school. There is always potential for many new and amazing things to happen. A new school year brings challenging opportunities for students and teachers. It’s also a time to look back and see how far you’ve come since …
The idea that students experience a \”reading slump\” during the summer season is commonplace. New research indicates that the \”slump\” also has a profound impact on students\’ comprehension of scientific, technological engineering and mathematical (STEM) principles. Many Wake County organizations focus on strategies to address the summer reading loss of Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). WAKE …
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You may remember the calls for book donations earlier this spring. Those were a part of WAKE Up and Read’s second annual book drive. WAKE Up & Read exceeded their goal and collected well over 100,000 books at 150 collection sites around Wake County. They distributed ten books to every child at nine elementary schools, …
When the Senate’s budget was announced this week, comparisons to the House budget were immediate. The results of those comparisons were staggering. And WCPSS find itself in a familiar yet uncomfortable decision point. The Senate budget reduces teaching assistants by approximately 500 in WCPSS in an effort to lower class sizes in Kindergarten through grades …
At the Board of Education meeting this past Tuesday, Chief Finance Officer David Neter walked the school board through the implications of the proposed House and Senate budgets and calmly explained the ramifications of each for the Wake County Public School System. Both the House and Senate budgets provide recurring funding for student growth across …
The Wake County Commissioners voted Monday to approve and adopt an amended budget. This budget provides a $44.6 million increase over last year\’s local fiscal support to the Wake County Public School System. The total amount of support for WCPSS will be $386 million. County Manager Jim Hartmann has described the budget as, “we are …
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The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to approve an amended budget. This budget provides a $44.6 million increase over last year\’s local fiscal support to the Wake County Public School System. The total amount of support for WCPSS will be $386 million. An increase of $34.6 million for WCPSS initially was proposed by …
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Read with a child from birth to the first day of kindergarten to create more than 130 hours of vocabulary development. Read 30-minutes per day and a child digests 900 hours of “brain food.” That equals a one-month head start compared to students who receive only weekly 30-minute reading session. But that doesn’t mean some …
