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LATEST LL1885 POSTS
- Lawsuit settlement in case involving Gaston teacher accused of student abuse
- Robeson substitute arrested on child abuse, strangulation charges
- Cabarrus teacher license revoked following 2022 arrest
- Nash County schools employee charged with sex crimes involving students
- Franklin County schools sub charged with sex crimes
- Lenoir teacher charged after video showed her beating students with cord
- Wake County assistant principal charged with DWI
- Guilford high school teacher arrested for statutory rape, indecent liberties (UPDATED)
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- CMS employee arrested on indecent liberties, kidnapping charges
Tag Archives: Wake County Schools
Wake Cty Hires 8 New Principals
News and Observer is reporting the hiring (or shifting around of) of 8 new principals in Wake county. Four are interim appointments.
Also, here come higher taxes — the original $1.7 billion dollar proposed Wake county schools budget was passed by the Wake County Commissioners at a lower total of $1.1 billion. Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, Wake County School Board
Tagged Budget, More With Four, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Wake County Schools
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Wake Cty Schools And The Funds
News and Observer has an article up about Wake County Schools enrollment numbers being down and the subsequent potential loss of revenue for the school system.
I left a comment:
READ THE COMMENT – SEE THE HOMESCHOOLING NUMBERS FOR WAKE COUNTY Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, NCAE, Organize2020
Tagged Homeschooling, Wake County Schools
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More thoughts on WCPSS’s #Selfiegate
In case you missed it, Wake County Public Schools is considering banning selfies and videos taken by students during the school day.
The Daily Haymaker has a good run down. Go read it.
Daily Haymaker’s article stopped short of addressing the hypocritical and big brotherly comments made by Wake School Board member, Jim Martin.
KEEP READING…. Continue reading
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Tagged Wake County School Board, Wake County Schools, WCPSS
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See What ‘Just standards’ Looks Like for A Second Grader
The pro-Common Core Mantra: “It’s just a set of standards.”
See what my child has been doing in Common Core math. My kid is good at math, but is being forced to learn multiple strategies regardless of what works best for him. Then he has to ‘explain’ them in writing.
These documents I’m talking about were created by Wake County Schools. This is Common Core aligned curriculum and yes, the kids have to do it the ‘Common Core way’.
KEEP READING – SEE THE DOCUMENTS Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Common Core
Tagged Common Core, Powerschool, Wake County Schools, WCPSS
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See The 16 Wake County Elementary Schools Participating in Duke Program Pilot
Sixteen Wake County Elementary schools will be participating in a Duke University tied pilot program called “Nurturing For A Bright Future”. This program is related to the American Association for Gifted Children at Duke University and is part of the ‘Bright Idea 2’ program.
The sixteen elementary schools are:
Baileywick
Banks Road
Brentwood
Creech Road
Forest Pines
Forestville Road
Green
Holly Ridge
Knightdale
Rolesville
Wakefield
Walnut Creek
Weatherstone
Wendell
Wilburn
Wildwood
Through a Freedom of Information request, I was able to obtain details on the program. Part of the response I received from Wake County Schools included the following details:
KEEP READING – SEE THE FOIA REQUESTED DOCUMENTS Continue reading
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Tagged Wake County Schools, WCPSS
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N&O Op-Ed Skips Mention Of “Strategic Plan” Cost
How nice for Phil Kirk to write about the “strategic plan” costing Wake taxpayers over 58K. http://t.co/uc3mZwvgP2 #nced #wcpss
— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) August 23, 2014
Isn’t that special? A nice rah-rah article drawing attention to the costly “strategic plan” for Wake County Schools. Where was this kind of press for the Superintendent’s ‘listening’ forum earlier this year? Continue reading
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Tagged Wake County Schools
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