Showing posts with label ASSIGNMENT. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 25, 2011


WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK 
The assignment plan includes achievement as a small element of the equation, which could help prevent the concentration of too many low-performing students in some schools. Hill wants to make achievement a bigger part of the formula, equal to proximity.

Hill presents CUBE Award


They say a picture is worth 1000 words. In this case a picture is worth thousands of reaassigned children. In this photo, Kevin Hill presents the National School Boards Association Council of Urban Boards of Education's Award to the Wake County Board of Education.

And why did Wake County receive the award?

"The judges felt the (Wake} school board's commitment to diversity should be really recognized," said Katrina Kelley, director of the CUBE program.

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And what did Kevin Hill have to say?

Mr. Hill addressed all of the Board members as he presented an award. Mr. Hill stated that,

“On Saturday, October 10th, the Wake County Board of Education was recognized by the National School Board’s Association’s Council of Urban Board’s of Education at their annual conference in Austin, Texas. It was one of the proudest moments in my long career with the Wake County Public School System, and now serving as a member of this Board to boot, to accept this recognition on behalf of the Board of Education.

The Wake County Board of Education received recognition for Outstanding Commitment and Service to Diversity. When receiving this plaque, I credited Ms. Rosa Gill for her leadership and initiative as chair of the past two previous years, along with the teachers and staff that make this happen daily for all of our children in Wake County.

The other school system that was recognized in this category was Jefferson County Public School System in Kentucky. They recently adopted a student assignment plan based on choice; it took 12 to 13 months to put their plan together. They contacted us last week because they wanted to talk because they didn’t feel it was working.

(emphasis added)


"... one of the proudest moments ..."

Maybe Mr. Hill can tell us about the conversation with Jefferson County and why "choice" wasn't "working".

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In today's Daily Journal:

  • Hill: Diversity equal to proximity
  • Downtown spending = 84 crashes 

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Calendar

Governmental:

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Right:

Run for Life (RESCHEDULED DUE TO IRENE)
Saturday, November 12, 9 am
Wake Med Soccer Park
Cary, NC

40 Days for Life Raleigh Prayer Vigil Campaign
September 28 - November 6, 7 am - 7 pm
A Woman's Choice
3305 Drake Circle, Raleigh

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

THINK RALEIGH CITY ELECTIONS DON'T RELATE TO WAKE SCHOOLS? THINK AGAIN.

Wake Community is reviewing Raleigh's proposed comprehensive plan and hope you will do so as well. You can access it at sociallyenginneringRaleigh2030.

The nifty folks who put together Raleigh's comprehensive plan tucked in a treasure trove of gems. They run the gamut of local public policy issues.

It seems both Raleigh's illuminati and the "planning experts" at the Wake County Public School System will force economically diverse schools on Raleigh families in one way or the other.

Here's what Raleigh's proposing (among a whole host of other items).

Raleigh's Comprehensive Plan - Page 238

Policy RC 32
Coordinate with WCPSS to co-locate affordable housing in conjunction with the development of new school sites to encourage economic diversity within new neighborhoods and schools and reduce the need for busing. (2, 3, 4, 6)


"Reduce the need for busing." So Raleigh ascribes that there is a need to continue a process that annually like clockwork evokes outrage in parents throughout Raleigh and Wake County.

So what Raleigh is saying is that if they can't reduce the "need" for busing, then this type of massive unnecessary shifting of large numbers of students across Wake County is okay. Any other type of large scale commuting is wholly unacceptable.

They sure don't soft-peddle the "need" for people to earn a living and commute to work. That clogs up our roads and pours pollutants into the air. Nevermind what an old school bus and thousands of school children being shuffled around Raleigh does. Let's also not speak about the impact this has on children.

Parents who have been showing up at assignment hearings in Raleigh, mark your calendar. You need to be at these meetings also and you need to go online and protest Raleigh's plans to socially engineer our schools. You can comment online now. The meetings take place in January.