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October 15, 2021

On Tuesday, I attended the Green Hope versus Holly Springs High Volleyball game. Well done Falcons! It continues to be exciting to see the students engaging in athletics and all the students, families, and school staff cheering them on at the games. Later on Tuesday evening, I hosted a D9 Connection Meeting. On Friday, I attended the Cary High School Homecoming Parade. Wow! That was a rocking parade. The floats, NJROTC, the band, East Cary, West Cary, and Reedy Creek Middle students, and much more made the parade a lot of fun for the participants and all those standing along the street.

This week as a Board, we had one meeting: Facilities Committee. 

At the Wednesday, October 13th Facilities Committee Meeting:

  • Betty Park, Senior Director, Real Estate Services; presented naming options for the new Cooperative Innovative High School in Morrisville/Research Triangle Park Area (H-11). The Board showed support for naming H-11 the Wake Early College of Information and Biotechnologies and adding the campus location in promotion material to differentiate between RTP and Morrisville campuses. The name will be presented for Board approval at our next Board Meeting. To access the presentation, click here.

  • Mark Stickland, Chief of Facilities and Operations, and Nate Slavik, Senior Director, Maintenance and Operations; presented an overview of the HVAC updates in response to the NCDHHS Toolkit. Use this link to view the presentation.

  • Glenn Carrozza, Senior Director for the Office of Student Assignment, provided an overview of the Board's previous discussion of year-round schools and sought additional input and requests for information needed. Click here to read the presentation.

  • Douglas Congdon, Program Executive, Facilities Design and Construction; presented the three-month forecast for upcoming Facilities Committee Meetings and Board Meetings. To access the forecast, use this link.
To watch the recording of the October 13th Facilities Committee Meeting, click here.

Next week as a Board, we have the following meetings (Please remember these meetings will be streamed live on the WCPSS YouTube Channel.):
  • Tuesday, October 19th at 2:00 pm- Finance Committee. To view the agenda, use this link. The items being discussed are a recommendation for the audit committee membership and an update on utilization of federal funding provided in response to the pandemic.

  • Tuesday, October 19th at 3:30 pm- Work Session. To access the agenda, click here. The items on the agenda are a discussion about year-round schools and an update on the voluntary COVID testing in WCPSS schools.

  • Tuesday, October 19th at 5:30 pm-Board Meeting*. Use this link to view the agenda. Some of the items on the agenda are the name of the new Cooperative Innovative High School in Morrisville/Research Triangle Park Area (H-11), Board Policy 2610, and Board Policy 6330.
*Full audio via phone is available for the Board Meeting. The phone number will be posted here the day of the Board Meeting.

If you are interested, you can submit written or video public comments. The forms to submit the comments will be live from 5 pm on Friday until noon on Tuesday.

If you would like to attend the Finance Committee, no sign up is required. If you are interested in attending the Work Session, Board Meeting, and/or making in-person public comments, please visit this page and scroll down to click on the appropriate form. The forms will go live 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting (on Sunday) and close at 5 pm on Monday.

The next D9 Connection Meeting will be on Sunday, October 24th at 4 pm. This is an informal meeting for me to listen to you. If you live in D9, have a student in a D9 school, or work in a D9 school, please use this Google Meet link to join us.

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at kcarter3@wcpss.net.




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