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Hi again everybody! I have been asking alot of questions and thanks to all for the help and input.
Another thing we are concerned about due to what i read on these post boards is the Raleigh Schools being overcrowded, is this true? Is it so bad that children have to go to class in trailers instead of an actual normal classroom?
Here in LAs Vegas the schools are pretty crowded due to the growth, but they stopped the trailer thing a year ago.
Hi again everybody! I have been asking alot of questions and thanks to all for the help and input.
Another thing we are concerned about due to what i read on these post boards is the Raleigh Schools being overcrowded, is this true? Is it so bad that children have to go to class in trailers instead of an actual normal classroom?
Here in LAs Vegas the schools are pretty crowded due to the growth, but they stopped the trailer thing a year ago.
Thanks ---T
Yes, the schools are crowded....not to dangerous levels yet (but it was getting there) and yes, most schools have trailer add-ons. Some more then others.
hese are actually very nice classrooms (at least at the school my daughter goes to). They are fully climate controlled, roomy, airy, with carpeting and handicap accessible.
Wake County recently passed a bond issue, so many new schools are going to be build (and more planned for) so the use of trailers should decrease.
Actually, Wake County overall is pretty overcrowded...it's not limited to Raleigh.
In fact, the part of the county that lately has the least overcrowding, and the fewest reassignments/shuffles, is in the urban core of central Raleigh. That's because it's mostly already built, so there is no rampant influx of students every year making the schools more crowded. It's a much more gradual growth than the rest of the county.
For other counties in the Triangle region:
Johnston County is also experiencing growth pains. (Traditionally a rural county turning into a crowded suburban one in a very short amount of time.)
Durham County, Orange County and Chatham County have all three had way more gradual growth than Wake or Johnston. School crowding is so far has been a minor issue in those three.
Actually, Wake County overall is pretty overcrowded...it's not limited to Raleigh.
You know...I keep forgetting that most folks from other places don't realize that Wake is all one school system...not just the city of Raleigh. LOL.....just like I didn't a few years ago!
Wake County's student population will surpass Charlotte/Mecklenburg this fall to become the largest to have the most students in the state. And 22nd? in the country. Amazing since Wake is considerably less in general population that Charlotte/Mecklenburg. The 7000-8000 new students a year of late is really playing havoc with the school system. Finally though it looks as if we will catch up a bit with the recent School bond that passed.
But I thought the so-called "education" lottery was supposed to work miracles.
The government is a joke here so don't expect much. Lots of corruption and outright ignorance because people continue voting the same people into office or at least people holding to the same ideologies.
As CarolinaTrendSetter so correctly said - Wake County is getting 7-8,000 new students every year. Let's see, if one trailer squeezes in 25 kids, how many new trailers are needed per year? This is like playing Monopoly and seeing how many trailers you can put on a property while there is no free parking to be found.
If that doesn't bother you, then maybe this will: 2,000 of those 7,000 new students each year are undocumented because our state is one of the easiest for illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses in, along with other freebies.
On the news a while back they said on any given night in Wake County most of the drunk driver arrests are from illegals.
But I thought the so-called "education" lottery was supposed to work miracles.
The government is a joke here so don't expect much. Lots of corruption and outright ignorance because people continue voting the same people into office or at least people holding to the same ideologies.
As CarolinaTrendSetter so correctly said - Wake County is getting 7-8,000 new students every year. Let's see, if one trailer squeezes in 25 kids, how many new trailers are needed per year? This is like playing Monopoly and seeing how many trailers you can put on a property while there is no free parking to be found.
If that doesn't bother you, then maybe this will: 2,000 of those 7,000 new students each year are undocumented because our state is one of the easiest for illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses in, along with other freebies.
On the news a while back they said on any given night in Wake County most of the drunk driver arrests are from illegals.
What's anyone doing about it?
Nothing.
Geeze....can we get any more negative?
Nobody claimed the education lottery was going to solve all school funding issues. That's just an outright lie being put out by the conservatives who are bitter at losing that fight, and are now trying to put a negative "I told you so" spin on the issue. I personally am glad that that money isn't flowing into Virginia anymore, and that's all I care about.
And I don't know what drunk driving illegal immigrants have anything to do with this debate. It just sounds like you're trying to find a scapegoat to all of our problems. Even if your 2,000 count is accurate, that still leaves 5,000-6,000 in 'legal' children that the county has to absorb. I'm not saying that illegal immigration isn't a problem, but lets not blame all of our problems on the 'foreigners'. That's just plain ignorant.
But I guess you're right....Raleigh is absolutely horrible. Horrible schools, horrible government, rampant corruption, ignorance.... That's why everyone is moving here I guess.
But I guess you're right....Raleigh is absolutely horrible. Horrible schools, horrible government, rampant corruption, ignorance.... That's why everyone is moving here I guess
I'll agree with you that skipstone's argument and sarcasm was "tired" so to speak....but so is that one.
The last drunk driving death? Native teenagers
Illegals? A tricky issue. They are building all the new homes- cheap homes, townhomes, ritzy custom homes... So the contractors get cheap labor, I guess we pay less for the homes, someone has to pay down the line. We pay in increased taxes. Too bad someone does not find a way to get them "on the grid" to pay taxes.
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