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Magnet Programs Review: BOE Work Session and Committee Meetings

Objectives

Magnet Programs will be used to foster healthy schools throughout the Wake County Public School System by using choice to help:

  • Reduce high concentrations of poverty and support diverse populations;
  • Maximize use of school facilities and
  • Provide expanded educational opportunities

Updated August 8, 2007

November 16, 2006

  1. Reviewed information related to magnet programs including a history of magnet schools and a definition of equity magnets.
  2. Discussed plans for gathering and reporting information to the Board of Education.
  3. Collected questions from Board members for responses at the subsequent work session.

February 26 and 27, 2007

  1. Reviewed data on all magnet schools including individual school profiles.
  2. Presented information to the Board based on the requests and questions from the November 16 work session.

March 12, 2007

  1. Reviewed data on all schools.
  2. Reviewed and revised the objectives of magnet programs.
  3. Discussed the purpose of equity magnet schools and if the schools aligned with the objectives.
  4. Reviewed the guidelines (flowcharts) for magnetizing and demagnetizing a school.

April 11, 2007

  1. Met with the Board of Education Program Committee to discuss the design of the matrix that would be used to determine magnet schools’ alignment with magnet programs objectives.

April 17, 2007

  1. Met with the Board of Education Program Committee to finalize the design of the matrix that would be used to determine magnet schools’ alignment with magnet programs objectives.`

May 17, 2007

  1. Reviewed magnet programs objectives and the purpose of the magnet schools evaluation.
  2. Presented results of E&R’s review of magnet programs.
  3. Reviewed the matrix and agreed that it could be used as a tool to determine how well a magnet school meets magnet programs objectives.
  4. Presented the matrix with individual school data inserted.
  5. Discussed each school and the data presented on the matrix.
  6. Determined which schools needed further study based on the composite scores on the matrix.

May 23, 2007

  1. Reviewed magnet programs objectives and the purpose of the magnet schools evaluation.
  2. Reviewed requested information and data on the identified elementary magnet schools
  3. Reached agreement on which elementary schools are no longer aligned with objectives of magnet programs.
  4. Received information on possible action steps to help the other schools become better aligned with the objectives.

June 5, 2007

  1. Reviewed magnet programs objectives and the purpose of the magnet schools evaluation.
  2. Discussed the middle and high schools that were identified as not aligning strongly with the objectives of magnet programs.
  3. Requested additional information on several middle and high schools.
  4. Postponed a formal vote on the status of elementary schools, directing school system staff to expand its dialogue with the affected school communities.

June 6, 2007

  1. Held public dialogue session at Olds Elementary.

June 18, 2007

  1. Held public dialogue session at Lincoln Heights Elementary.

June 19, 2007

  1. Reviewed the proposed magnet program phase-out plans for the five identified elementary schools.

June 20, 2007

  1. Held public dialogue session at Wake Forest Elementary.

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