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"Part of the amended redistricting plan includes grandfathering in current 4th and 7th graders (for next year only) and all current high school students through graduation; but only for those families that are able to provide their own transportation. Yercheck has said that the “experts” agree this will not impact traffic around our schools. We’ve reached out to NCDOT and confirmed that there were no traffic studies conducted regarding this amendment. Like the rest of this redistricting plan, this amendment was rushed through blindly without any due diligence.
If the BOE refuses to do any traffic studies or testing, we’ve decided to do it for them. Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014. We are asking all parents of grandfathered students to forego riding the bus and drive your kids to school that morning. Here’s the tricky part. We all agree that having this many cars on the road around our schools is not safe; yet here we are asking you to drive on the roads. The fact is, the BOE wants you to do this every morning for the next 1-3 years, without them doing a proper traffic study, we don’t see any other alternative but to show them exactly what it will look like.
Please, drive safely. If your children are new drivers, we ask you to drive them yourselves. We want to prove our point with long lines, not with traffic accidents and injuries. The BOE isn’t concerned about the safety of our kids, but we are."
"Part of the amended redistricting plan includes grandfathering in current 4th and 7th graders (for next year only) and all current high school students through graduation; but only for those families that are able to provide their own transportation. Yercheck has said that the “experts” agree this will not impact traffic around our schools. We’ve reached out to NCDOT and confirmed that there were no traffic studies conducted regarding this amendment. Like the rest of this redistricting plan, this amendment was rushed through blindly without any due diligence.
If the BOE refuses to do any traffic studies or testing, we’ve decided to do it for them. Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014. We are asking all parents of grandfathered students to forego riding the bus and drive your kids to school that morning. Here’s the tricky part. We all agree that having this many cars on the road around our schools is not safe; yet here we are asking you to drive on the roads. The fact is, the BOE wants you to do this every morning for the next 1-3 years, without them doing a proper traffic study, we don’t see any other alternative but to show them exactly what it will look like.
Please, drive safely. If your children are new drivers, we ask you to drive them yourselves. We want to prove our point with long lines, not with traffic accidents and injuries. The BOE isn’t concerned about the safety of our kids, but we are."
Don't worry about the traffic on Tuesday. Apparently, only seven people are doing this.
UCPS BOE unanimously passed motion to invite NC DPI building engineers to provide an independent evaluation of roofs.
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Press Release
IMMEDIATE
Union County Board of Education seeking applicants to fill vacant District One seat
Contact: Rob Jackson, Chief Communications Officer (704) 296-5188
At the April 1, 2014 Board of Education meeting, School Board Chair Richard Yercheck regretfully announced a vacancy in the District 1 Board of Education seat with the passing of Mr. John H. Crowder, the longest serving member of the Union County Board of Education.
Mr. Crowder served with great distinction on the school board for 31 years. He served on the Monroe City Schools board for 10 years and then on the merged Union County Public Schools board for the past 21 years.
Pursuant to Board of Education policy, vacancies during the term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members. The appointed member shall serve until the next election at which time the remaining unexpired term shall be filled.
The Board of Education has asked interested persons to submit a letter of interest and a resume containing information including name, address, prior community involvement and why the individual is interested in serving on the Board of Education. Applicants must reside in District One.
Letters of interest and required information are due by Wednesday, April 9, 2014 and should be submitted to Ms. Donna Mullarkey (donna.mullarkey@ucps.k12.nc.us<mailto:donna.mulla rkey@ucps.k12.nc.us>).
The Board of Education’s Strategic Planning and Technology Committee will review the submissions and then schedule interviews as deemed appropriate by that committee.
-ucps-
Rob Jackson
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