Let Them Know What You Want Them To Do Today!

Please contact the School Board again about this. Some School Board members are seriously considering the impact of thousands of citizens against mandatory year-rounds who have made their opinions be known on this issue, and the fact that if a bond issue includes mandatory year-rounds, it is doomed to fail.

From Today’s News and Observer:
"We've heard from a number of people who say, 'Go for it and let the public decide,' " said Patti Head, school board chairwoman. "I'm still wrestling with it."…School board member Lori Millberg said an option that avoids mandatory year-round schooling might mobilize enough parents for a bigger bond issue to win. "I don't know if $1.3 billion will pass," Millberg said. "But if $998 million won't pass, why don't we go with what we really want? We clearly don't want to force anyone to go to year-round."
The whole N&O story is here.

From WRAL:
"That last $200 million or so it takes to get it under $1 billion is really what has forced the year-round issue," said school board member Lori Millberg. "And it does not appear that that has made any people any more likely to vote for the bond."
The school board could also look once again at increasing the bond to give parents more schooling options.
"None of us want to go to mandatory year-round (schools) if we can afford to do something better. We'd much rather it be a matter of choice," Millberg said.
Wake County commissioners say they will back what the school board decides, even if the bond amount increases. The school board wants to present it to the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday.
"It's OK with us, and we'll support that, but of course, it's up to the voters of Wake County to decide," County Commissioner Tony Gurley said.
The whole WRAL story is here.
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