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Wake schools election a harbinger?

bniolet — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:15:31 -0400

Candidates critical of a Wake County school diversity policy swept three school board seats in Tuesday's elections and a fourth, crucial seat appears headed to a runoff.

Debnam launches Wake ad

bniolet — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:16:00 -0400

Democratic pollster Dean Debnam of Public Policy Polling is behind a new TV ad criticizing the neighborhood school candidates in the heated race for Wake County School Board.

Debnam, who owns the Democratic polling firm, said he formed Wake Citizens for Good Government to counter what he called Republican "lies" about the school system, T. Keung Hui reports on his WakeEd blog.

Cope ends Children's PAC

janestancill — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:19:22 -0400

You can soon say goodbye to the Children's PAC.

Leaders of the group have notified the Wake County Board of Elections that they're shutting down the political action committee, reports Keung Hui. Dana Cope, who founded the group following this year's contentious student reassignment fight, says they've decided to work with the Wake Schools Community Alliance.

Buncombe schools will raise class size

bniolet — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:18:21 -0400

Buncombe County Schools will raise class size in higher grades to cope with state-mandated budget cuts to education.

The system lost 42 teaching positions because of a $15 million budget cut, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports.

Wake schools: Budget left no choice

bniolet — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:44:33 -0400

Wake County school leaders said Tuesday that they had no choice but to raise class sizes and eliminate many teacher assistant positions to cope with cuts in state funding.

The higher number of students in class and the cut in teacher assistants will make up $21.7 million in discretionary cuts out of a $35.1 million overall reduction in state funding to Wake, the state's largest school district.

Cope vs. Wake County schools

KeungHui — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:52:34 -0500

The Wake County school system could regret making a new enemy in Dana Cope.

Cope, the executive director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, is not happy that his children are among those who face being reassigned from Lacy Elementary School to Stough Elementary School.