tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post8657793705935270083..comments2023-04-10T08:20:01.337-04:00Comments on Voice for Equity in Wake Education: Why Transparency is KeyJennifer Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05914158583781309869noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post-2324175674775555162011-09-25T23:13:23.372-04:002011-09-25T23:13:23.372-04:00Nice to see that the little transparency available...Nice to see that the little transparency available is now gone. As soon as people started using the address lookup tool more and asking questions about the logical assignments they take it away saying it is wrong based on current logic and now will be available after it is finalized. Exactly the problem, people want to see what they think the final plan is before it is finalized to get a real understanding of the implications before it is voted on, not after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post-45239487617852121632011-09-19T20:24:20.232-04:002011-09-19T20:24:20.232-04:00While I'm a fan of "choice", I don&#...While I'm a fan of "choice", I don't need THIS MUCH choice. <br /><br />Heck, I can barely get out of my subdivision to go to work in the morning for all the school buses. I can't imagine what it will be like when there are 5 school buses on every street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post-10839146110990071632011-09-19T20:12:19.917-04:002011-09-19T20:12:19.917-04:00We elected a new school board in 2009, to take us ...We elected a new school board in 2009, to take us back to neighborhood schools. This blue plan is NOT neighborhood schools, and in the wrong hands this assignment model will let the school system send our kids wherever they want.<br />Please, keep on publicizing this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post-4384506991670306792011-09-19T16:10:35.012-04:002011-09-19T16:10:35.012-04:00Great comments. Another issue that they haven'...Great comments. Another issue that they haven't thought about is magnet middle and high schools. At one of the sessions, somebody asked what percentage of seats were going to be set aside for magnet applicants at the MS and HS level. The responses was that they were counting on those schools filling up from the feeder schools so they weren't planning on setting aside any particular percentage.Jennifer Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914158583781309869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520337312204576914.post-81388234981468953442011-09-19T15:59:41.314-04:002011-09-19T15:59:41.314-04:00Transparency would be nice and the release of all ...Transparency would be nice and the release of all data used to determine school choice and why. Additionally, when choosing a school, clear seat counts and expected chance of getting into each school during the choice open window. There also needs to be data provided on percent of people getting 1st,2nd,3rd,etc choice by node and why they were denied. <br /><br />With regard to transparency, they also need to disclose how they will handle crowding, opening a new school, etc and the impact of choice by those items. <br /><br />Lastly, they need to be extremely clear in that choice is at entry and that the number of seats at 6th and 9th grade choice is severely limited by the feeder override. This has not been clear and is only become clearer now that the feeder pattern discussion has come up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com