The Wake County Public School System is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 139,599 students enrolled in 158 schools as of the 2009/10 academic year,
The current school system is the result of a 1976 merger between the previous (historically largely white) Wake County school system and the former (historically largely minority) Raleigh City schools. The merger was proposed initially by business leaders in the early 1970s out of concerns that continued “white flight” from Raleigh’s inner-city schools would negatively impact the county’s overall economy. Political and educational leaders also hoped that merging the two systems would ease court-mandated desegregation. The proposal proved initially unpopular with residents, however, who rejected it by a 3-1 margin in a non-binding referendum in 1973.
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I have added a new page to our website under Locale to include information about Wake County Schools. I have included links you’ll need to determine student assignments as well as learn more about public schools, charter schools, … Read more - Wake schools w/o diversity: Down in the dumper with Charlotte's …
Bottom line: Wake has maintained diverse school populations. CMS used to do the same, but seven years ago junked diversity (as the Wake majority intends) and its schools quickly resegregated. Now, WCPSS runs rings around CMS, … Read more - The Progressive Pulse – Citizens sue Wake County School Board over …
A group of Wake County citizens is suing the school board because of a March 23 meeting where the school board held a meeting resulting in a resolution opposing the diversity policy. Despite the overwhelming public interest and the …Read more - Wake County Public Schools Board of Education Passes It's Final …
Although the cuts were said not to be school-based, the budget cut and Reduction in Force did include 12 positions at Project Enlightenment, the award-winning, nationally recognized preschool resource of WCPSS. As you may recall, … Read more - Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children May …
The WakeEd blog reported on where teachers are requesting to work, summing it up like this: “It looks like Wake County teachers want to work in more affluent schools. The most requested schools for teacher transfers are typically those … Read more - WCPSS Central Services: A Snapshot | John W. Pope Civitas Institute
According to the WCPSS budget documents, Central Services currently includes school-based personnel and non-school based personnel. School-based personnel are designated with budget codes of 800, while non-school based personnel are … Read more
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