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Tag Archives: Wake County School Board
Challengers only flip one seat in Wake County School Board races
Only one of the multiple challengers running for Wake County School Board managed to beat the well-funded progressive incumbents they faced this election cycle.
Posted in EDUCATION, ELECTIONS, LL1885, Wake County School Board
Tagged Bill Fletcher, Election 2020, Karen Carter, Wake County School Board
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Wake County School Board Race Candidate List; 4 out of 9 seats unchallenged (updated)
The candidate filing for the Wake County School Board races closed on July 6 with no challenger filing for four out of the nine district seats. So, who filed and where? Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, ELECTIONS, LL1885, Wake County School Board
Tagged Election 2020, Wake County School Board, WCPSS
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#WCPSS Board Pension for Supt Runs Afoul of State Law; May Cost Taxpayers over $350k
The Wake County School Board is yet again putting the county’s taxpayers over a barrel. This time the board is facing a self-created problem due to lack of planning: Former Superintendent Jim Merrill’s excessive pension of $180,036 per year.
This is not the Wake Board’s first fiscal fiasco either. The board also just approved a record $59.9 increase over their current budget, which is over $1.2 billion already. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, Wake County School Board
Tagged Budget, Wake County School Board, WCPSS
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Wake School Board Race Will Use 2011 Maps; 4 Incumbents Run Unopposed
In August, Judge James Dever III ruled that the 2011 maps would have to be used for the 2016 election, however this was an ‘interim’ remedy. Dever’s order leaves room for legislators to take another whack at redistricting when they return to the General Assembly.
As a result of Dever’s ruling, all nine school board seats will be on the ballot in November, however now four are running unopposed. Each of those elected will serve two-year terms and this election is by plurality, meaning there will be no run-off races.
SEE WHO IS RUNNING… FIND YOUR DISTRICT Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2016, ELECTIONS, LEGAL, LL1885, The Articles, Voting, Wake County School Board
Tagged Judge James Dever III, Wake County School Board, Wake Maps, WCPSS
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Wake Supt. Email: Cuts to Teacher, Student Budget Items but 3% Increases to ‘Support Staff’
Wake county school officials appear unable to work with an increased budget of over $1.4 billion dollars according to an email to staff obtained by this site penned by the Superintendent of Wake County Schools and David Neter, Chief Operating Officer.
The emails detail the cuts to school level services to ‘close the $17.5 million dollar budget gap’ while simultaneously indicating a 3% pay raise and a half percent bonus for non-teaching support staff. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, Wake County School Board
Tagged Budget, Jim Merrill, Wake County School Board, WCPSS
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Wake County Voting Maps Still in Chaos; Lawmakers Enter the Mix
Earlier this year, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals was responsible for unprecedented disenfranchisement of thousands of North Carolina voters earlier this year for congressional primaries when the court threw out district maps. This past month, the 4th Circuit Court … Continue reading