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Old 03-23-2010, 07:10 PM
 
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Actually, if you have been following this story in the slightest, you will find that the vast majority of parents who returned this school boards survey were happy with their school and their school calendar. This board had ignored those results to cater to their political agenda. It has absolutley nothing to do with what is truly best for the children of Wake County.
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Old 03-23-2010, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Apex, NC
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Nothing that the old board did was for the good of all children in Wake County either. Perception was always reality to them whether it was true or not.
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Old 03-23-2010, 07:27 PM
 
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You and Mr Tedesco have something in common. He doesn't either.
I couldn't give you more rep points (gotta spread the love), but my thoughts exactly.
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Old 03-23-2010, 07:36 PM
 
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Does you own a house? 'Cause this is going to have a dramatic effect on local property values.

I just moved to an area with community schools. The effect on relative land values is truly amazing.
Excellent point and it will be interesting on how this will impact property values over the coming 6 months - it will be interesting to hear the Realtors on this board opinions.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Didn't these newly elected board members run on the basis that they will change to community schools? I may be mistaken, but that sounds like the system has succeeded--you can only be heard with your votes.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:31 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I will not be affected, based on where I live. Regardless of that, house values usually go up when neighborhood schools are in play in areas where people have a choice of living.
Especially those houses near bad schools, right?
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:35 AM
 
Location: Don't be so snarky
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Also interested to hear a knowledgeable persons perspective on home values, as well as advice on what data we can evaluate to determine whether or not our own values will be affected.

Personally, I grew up with community schools, and I dont think it should be any other way. Something odd about not going to school with all of the neighborhood kids you grow up with.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:55 AM
 
Location: Oxxford Hunt, Cary NC
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Also interested to hear a knowledgeable persons perspective on home values, as well as advice on what data we can evaluate to determine whether or not our own values will be affected.
It all depends on whether our neighborhoods are assigned to "good" schools or not - something we won't know for quite a while.
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Old 03-24-2010, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Don't be so snarky
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Oh...I see. So its not just "this high school is 100ft from your doorstep so you should go there"?

Assuming COMMUNITY schools means the closest school to your community....your kids go to.
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Old 03-24-2010, 07:10 AM
 
Location: Piedmont NC
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Consequences of our "melting pot" society. The way I personally view it, it was forced busing, which brought deadly consequences in Boston for years when I was a kid. The cost of buses, fuel, upkeep, drivers, insurance, potential for tragic accidents, isolation from neighborhood, decreased parental involvement (distance), inability for students to participate in extra-curricular activities, the list goes on.

We can satisfy the perceived and real inequities by using parity in funding and providing staff, faculty and administration that is harmonious across economic strata. Trading buses for teachers.
Trading buses for teachers. Trading buses for better programs. Trading buses for that allotment of time to spend on studies, tutoring, extra-curricular activities. I still question what exactly children learn from riding on a bus to and from school, and contend the money could be better spent, if indeed it will be spent.

One of my concerns is that this is the School Board's way to deal with cuts in spending, and there will be no money from the reduced busing to spend in the socio-economically disadvantaged schools, and that is exactly where the money needs to go. NOT into BS programs, but proven programs that the schools and the students buy into -- there are slick salesmen in any walk of life who can sell what appears to be a good program, but like anything, it has to address the needs of the school, and the kids must buy into it, see the value of participating, and want to participate and better themselves. Not all programs are best for all schools, and it may not even be an academic program that will bolster a child's overall performance. Some children are not motivated, for whatever reasons, by the notion that a good education will improve their lives. Educators may have to go about the school's needs through the back door, so to speak.

As for the schools in a poorer community being a poorer school, I wish someone could truly explain that for me. Why is that true is some cases? I would think a community, with a vested interest in its school, would pour every resource they had -- time, volunteers -- into the school. There are many things that a community can do to support a school that cost the parents and other volunteers very little, aside from their time. Where is that sense of pride, or sense of belonging? This is mine, and I will make it the best it can be? Aptitude, sense of pride, drive to do better, be more -- if not the best -- are those things tied to what's in an individual's bank account?
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