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The school board and county commissioners agreed to higher enrollment projections at their joint work session today. Wake County schools are expected to gain more than 7,000 new students next year, bringing total enrollment to 127,513. The growth doesn't let up either. Estimates show Wake gaining 40,000 students by the year 2010 and 72,000 more students by 2015, for a total of 192,748 students. Yes, you read that number correctly: 192,748 students by 2015.
Superintendent Bill McNeal put the growth in perspective, explaining that most school districts in the state have a total of approximately 6,000 students. "Basically, we're growing by a school system every year."
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