Wake School Board members are looking at more possible assignment changes, which could potentially move an entire neighborhood from Panther Creek to Green Hope High School.
In the proposal revealed Tuesday’s work session the board said students living in the Carpenter Village neighborhood would switch high schools from Panther Creek to Green Hope.
Also, six students living in the Umstead Ridge neighborhood would move from Athens Drive to Broughton High School.
Families potentially in line for school reassignments will receive a letter by mail and a note will be sent home with the affected student.
Public hearings are planned for Jan. 10 at Cary High School, Jan. 11 at Millbrook High School, Jan. 13 at Heritage High School, Jan. 19 at Southeast Raleigh High School and Jan. 20 at Garner High School. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
A suggested move of 352 students from Garner to Southeast Raleigh High School was put on hold for now. The move was proposed by board member John Tedesco.
At the same work session Tuesday, the Wake County Schools Growth and Planning staff recommended that the new Walnut Creek Elementary School operate on a traditional calendar. Also, they proposed the school be populated with students who currently attend Garner, Hilburn Drive, Timber Drive, Jeffreys Grove and Farmington Woods Elementary Schools.
The new school would feed into Daniels and Carnage Middle Schools, and Broughton and Southeast Raleigh High Schools.
During Tuesday evening's school board meeting several educators and concerned parents commented on the hiring of the new Wake County Schools Superintendent. Washington, D.C. schools Chief Operating Officer Anthony Tata takes over the state's largest school system later this month.
Tama Bouncer of Raleigh called Tata's hiring the "winter break surprise". The board hired him in a divided vote just before Christmas.
The retired U.S. Army Brigadier General has an extensive military background. He attended an academy that trains educational leaders, but his lack of classroom instructional experience has educators like Bouncer questioning the hire. She told them board educators in Wake County voiced concerns that the top trait of a superintendent should be that he's an educator.
Former educator Paul Kretzchmar of Raleigh supported the new hire and said, "Maybe if this were a Fortune 500 company we would know you don't hire good technicians if you can't get good leaders and a general is a proven leader."
Tata will get acquainted with the school board, staff and a number of business and education groups Thursday and Friday during a Raleigh visit. He begins his new job January 31st.
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