2004 Community Engagement Meetings Schedule

The Wake County Public School System has announced a series of public meetings to inform and involve the public in the upcoming student assignment process.

The school system will hold a total of 12 meetings at locations throughout the county. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and last for approximately two hours. Following are the meeting dates and locations:

Round One (Sept. 19 - Sept. 28)

Sept. 19	Wake Forest-Rolesville High 420 W. Stadium Drive, Wake Forest, NC 27587
Sept. 21	Green Hope High 2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road, Cary, NC 27519
Sept. 22	Knightdale High 100 Bryan Chalk Lane, Knightdale, NC 27545
Sept. 26	Athens Drive High 1420 Athens Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
Sept. 27	Garner High 2101 Spring Drive, Garner, NC 27529
Sept. 28	Leesville Road High 8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh, NC 27613

In Round One meetings, Associate Superintendent Don Haydon and Growth Management Senior Director Ramey Beavers will discuss and provide an opportunity for public input on the following topics:

Current profiles of area schools,
Data for at least two years,
Projected growth in that area,
Projected school construction,
Needs of schools, improvements to sites,
Keeping the 'big picture' as a priority, and
Factors considered in the conversion of traditional calendar schools to the year-round calendar.

Round Two (Oct. 24 - Nov. 3)

Oct. 24	Wake Forest-Rolesville High 420 W. Stadium Drive, Wake Forest, NC 27587
Oct. 25	Green Hope High 2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road, Cary, NC 27519
Oct. 26	Knightdale High 100 Bryan Chalk Lane, Knightdale, NC 27545
Oct. 27	Athens Drive High 1420 Athens Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
Nov. 2	Garner High 2101 Spring Drive, Garner, NC 27529
Nov. 3	Leesville Road High 8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh, NC 27613

In Round Two meetings, Growth Management Senior Director Ramey Beavers will discuss:

Preliminary feedback on the public input received
Timing of future school openings,
Student reassignment to fill new schools and manage growth
Short-range student movement,
Possible movement for these future schools, and
Other priorities that might be unique to specific schools or groups of schools.

The goals for these meetings are to provide parents and other interested community members more information about school construction and assignment issues, gather input from parents regarding school assignment, growth, proposed changes in assignment, school sites and construction schedules and identify for parents potentially affected schools when new locations are known.

After the series of meetings, the 2005-06 growth management proposal for the school system will be developed and is expected to be released in January. It will be available for public comment. The final plan is expected to be presented to the Board of Education in February, when public meetings will be held prior to its final decision.