/tags/wake-county-school-board Wake County School Board en-US Copyright Wed, 07 May 2025 12:22:45 GMT /education/2025-05-07/wake-county-school-board-passes-budget-request Even after requesting $40 million more in county funding, the district's proposed budget would make more than $18 million in cuts and spend down its rainy day fund. Wed, 07 May 2025 12:22:45 GMT /education/2025-05-07/wake-county-school-board-passes-budget-request Liz Schlemmer /news/2025-03-13/wake-county-public-schools-deferred-maintenance-hvac-issues Wake County Public School officials are working to figure out how to fix the district’s HVAC issues. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:20:35 GMT /news/2025-03-13/wake-county-public-schools-deferred-maintenance-hvac-issues Sharryse Piggott /race-class-communities/2024-06-03/wake-county-schools-black-hair-vote-discrimination The Wake County School Board will vote to protect natural Black hairstyles against discrimination in the state's largest school district. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 22:13:45 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-06-03/wake-county-schools-black-hair-vote-discrimination Aaron Sánchez-Guerra /race-demographics/2024-03-15/wake-school-board-crown-act-policies-hair-discrimination The Crown Act is an effort to prevent discrimination nationwide against natural hair styles and texture like dreadlocks and afros. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:55:50 GMT /race-demographics/2024-03-15/wake-school-board-crown-act-policies-hair-discrimination Sharryse Piggott /education/2022-10-25/navigating-wake-county-school-board-races-election The upcoming midterm election includes many school board races across the state. In Wake County, all nine board seats will be on the ballot and a slew of candidates have stepped up to run. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:27:32 GMT /education/2022-10-25/navigating-wake-county-school-board-races-election Will Michaels, Liz Schlemmer /education/2020-09-30/wake-school-board-votes-to-bring-students-back-to-classrooms Students will be returning to classrooms in Wake County next month.The Wake County Board of Educationa adopted a plan on Tuesday that calls for a tiered… Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:52:19 GMT /education/2020-09-30/wake-school-board-votes-to-bring-students-back-to-classrooms Cole del Charco /education/2016-11-10/wake-county-school-board-chair-ousted-other-incumbents-keep-seats-in-election State Lawmakers' 2013 finagling with the Wake County election maps made it possible for high turnover on the largely Democratic school board this… Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:13:06 GMT /education/2016-11-10/wake-county-school-board-chair-ousted-other-incumbents-keep-seats-in-election Jess Clark /education/2016-06-13/candidate-filing-begins-for-new-wake-school-board-districts Candidate filing begins today for the Wake County Board of Education, and all nine seats will be on the November ballot.Board-member turnover is likely,… Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:05:10 GMT /education/2016-06-13/candidate-filing-begins-for-new-wake-school-board-districts Rebecca Martinez /education/2016-02-17/report-wake-county-schools-suspended-1-in-10-black-students-last-year About one out of ten black students in Wake County’s Public Schools were suspended last school year, according to an annual report presented to Wake… Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:42:21 GMT /education/2016-02-17/report-wake-county-schools-suspended-1-in-10-black-students-last-year Reema Khrais /education/2015-11-30/school-districts-push-back-against-school-letter-grades UPDATED Dec. 4, 2015Friday was the deadline for schools and districts labeled low-performing to submit their improvement plans. State law has designated… Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:00:00 GMT /education/2015-11-30/school-districts-push-back-against-school-letter-grades Jess Clark