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Board rips into WCPSS proposal
Shawn Daley
Editor
June 24,
2005
The Apex Board of Commissioners adopted a strongly worded resolution
Tuesday night opposing the Wake County Public School System’s proposal of
imposing mandatory year-round schools starting in 2006.
Mayor Keith
Weatherly said he did not object to year-round schools and understood that many
families prefer year-round schedules.
But Weatherly said forcing children
to attend year-round schools without giving parents a choice was not in the best
interest of area families.
“The affects could be disastrous,” said
Weatherly. “Families would be disrupted, especially if families have more than
one child and they are on different schedules.”
Commissioner Bill Jensen
said his son attends a year-round school and it works well for his
family.
“But the mandatory aspect of it is not right,” said Jensen.
“Especially is you have high schools and junior high schools still on (the
traditional calendar) while elementary schools are year-round. It will cause
(problems) for families.”
It resolution states that the town board
“deplores this egregious affront” to students and families and opposes the
school system’s “misery-inducing proposal.”
WCPSS officials claim the
plan will help ease the burden on the many overcrowded schools in the area.
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Posted: July 04 2007 at 5:42pm | IP Logged
I'm really tired of hearing about this issue. What solution provides the best education for the least cost? Whatever it is then ALL schools should be switched to that plan. Case close. Parents that don't like what's being offered can put their kids in private schools and if they can't afford that should be very thankful for what's being provided by all those being taxed to suppor it.
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