Tag Archives: Budget Cuts

WCPSS Board Justifies Cuts Effecting Classrooms While Making Multi-Million Land Purchase

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has a budget of over $1.4 billion dollars. WCPSS’s board has been wrestling with a budget gap of around $17.5 million.

In order to balance the budget, the WCPSS board has compiled a list of budget cuts. The vast majority of these cuts will impact the classroom directly. It appears the board has chosen the route that would yield the most pain for students and teachers.

Meanwhile, the board approved purchasing a car dealership’s property near downtown Raleigh to the tune of over $6.3 million dollars. Continue reading →

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Senate Wants Atkinson’s Documentation On DPI Budget Cuts [UPDATED]

Posted on February 3, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Last month, I wrote about the little bombshell Superintendent Atkinson dropped that no one seemed to really pick up on other than Alex Granados at EducationNC.
In a nutshell, Atkinson took jobs from DPI that should have been in the ordered budget cuts and shifted them to the budget of a new program.

The Senate is calling her out on it.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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