WCPSS Enrollment Less Than Predicted

The 20th-day enrollment figures were finally released today by the Wake County Public School System. Their original prediction (insistence?) that the increase would probably be around 8,000 students did not come to pass. There are about 6,000 more students this year - a huge jump, but 2,000 seats less than envisioned. Some of us who oppose the forcing of year-round schools find this especially disturbing given the fact that other arguably less- invasive options for creating  seats were not sufficiently explored. Another interesting topic of conversation centers around the county dollars that were given to the school system based on the 8,000 number.

Today's "News and Observer" article stated that, "Tony Gurley, chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, said the board can't legally force the schools to return more than $4 million in funding that exceeded the county allocation of $2,172 per student.

But Gurley said commissioners might ask the schools to give back the money voluntarily."

You can find out more at:  http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/733410.html. There is also a post on the WCPSS website, www.wcpss.net .