Board Hears 11 Hours of Comments in Student Assignment Hearings
January 16, 2009 - More than 200 people spoke and more than 1,000 people attended the series of five public hearings held by the Board of Education in its review of the multi-year assignment proposal that will fill 10 new schools over the next three years.The board heard from 224 speakers who provided more than 11 hours of total comments. Each speaker had three minutes to give their input to the board. The board heard 38 speakers at Apex High on Jan. 5, 18 speakers at Southeast Raleigh High on Jan. 8, 94 speakers at Millbrook High on Jan. 12, 47 speakers at Fuquay-Varina High on Jan. 15 and 27 speakers at East Wake High on Jan. 15. Video of the speakers at the public hearings is posted online.
An estimated 1,105 people attended the public hearings. There were 175 at Apex High, 70 at Southeast Raleigh High, 485 at Millbrook High, 125 at Fuquay-Varina High and 250 at East Wake High.
The staff proposal being reviewed by the board was open for online public comments through Jan. 15. During the comment period, visitors to the website viewed 193,120 pages and downloaded 14,788 documents. 1,449 people offered comments.
The board will discuss the assignment proposal in a work session Jan. 22 and vote to adopt an assignment plan at its Feb. 3 meeting.