Schools

WakeUP is currently focusing on the following growth issues that affect the quality of education of students in Wake County:

• Advocate at the state and local levels for additional sources of revenue for WCPSS and other high growth public school systems, e.g. a transfer tax, impact fees, Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO).
• Form a statewide coalition that supports our mission.
• Advocate for more effective and accountable governance of public schools in NC.
• Advocate for additional funds for WCPSS from the Board of Wake County Commissioners.
• Continue to educate the public with nonpartisan, factual information about the state of public education in Wake and NC.
• Ensure that the public understands the intricacies of proposed public private partnerships.

Related content:

• Wake Education Partnership: 2009 World Class Schools Report
• Quality Education & School Capacity Problem (Flash Video)
• Quality Education & School Capacity Problem (PowerPoint)
• Isn’t It Time for the State to Step Up to the Plate?
• What's Good and Bad About Public-Private Partnerships
• How Do Fast-Growing NC Communities Pay for Growth?
• Stop the Race to the Bottom
• Standard & Poors® rates the schools
• Digging the hole deeper and deeper
• Are we shooting ourselves in the foot?
• A solution to the school crisis in Wake County
• Is "good enough" good enough for our schools?
• The Gathering Storm Over Public Education
• The Transfer Tax: Growth Paying for Growth
  

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