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July 1, 2022

 On Wednesday, I hosted a D9 Connection Meeting.

This week as a Board, we had two meetings: Student Achievement Committee and Policy Committee.

At the Monday, June 27th Student Achievement Committee:

  • Jill McKenna, Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Services; Steph Watson, Senior Director, District Management Group; and Joe Costello, Senior Associate, District Management Group; provided a high-level overview of the findings of their review of the Wake County Public School System special education systems and programming. Click here to access the presentation.

  • Eric Fitts, Senior Director, Middle School Programs; Dr. Paeplow, Sr. Director for Program Accountability, Data, Research and Accountability; Dr. McMillen, Assistant Superintendent, Data, Research and Accountability; and Tina Zarzecki, Principal, Carroll Middle School; shared findings and recommendations about the implementation of competency-based grading within a WCPSS middle school during the 2018-19, 2019-2020, and 2020-21 school years. Staff was recommending expanding this program. However, multiple Board members (including myself) raised concerns about the program, data presented, and missing information. The program will not be expanded at this time. Use this link to view the presentation.

Click here to watch the recording of the June 27th Student Achievement Committee.

At the Tuesday, June 28th Policy Committee:
  • Dr. Gardner, Chief of Staff; and Dr. Crain, Director, Strategy and Policy; presented a revised Board Policy 2121: Board Member Conflict of Interest. Revisions reflect updates made by the North Carolina School Boards Association. Use this link to access the revised policy. There were some adjustments suggested by the Board. This revised policy will be presented for first reading at a future Board Meeting.

  • Susan Pulliam, Senior Director, Student Assignment; presented Board Policy 4100: Admission to the Wake County Public School System as a revised policy. The revisions reflect updates made by the North Carolina School Boards Association and district staff. Click here to view the revised policy. Some additional revisions were recommended by the Board. This policy will be presented at a future Board Meeting for first reading.

  • Susan Pulliam presented a revised Board Policy 4150: School Assignment and Transfers. Revisions reflect updates made by staff. Due to an error, the revised policy is not currently loaded into Simbli, The Board did suggest some adjustments. This revised policy will be presented for first reading at a future Board Meeting.

  • Paula De Lucca, Senior Director, Child Nutrition Services; presented Board Policy 6220: Operation of School Nutrition Services as a revised policy. Revisions reflect updates made by the North Carolina School Boards Association.  Use this link to access the revised policy. This policy will be presented at a future Board Meeting for first reading.

  • Mark Winters, Finance Officer; presented a revised Board Policy 8305: Federal Grant Administration. The revisions reflect updates made by the North Carolina School Boards Association. Click here to view the revised policy. This policy will be presented for first reading at a future Board Meeting.
Click here to watch the recording of the June 28th Policy Committee.

At this time, there are no Board Meetings scheduled until July 19th. My next blog entry is planned for July 15th.

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



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