Exceeding the Limit.

We all know that WCPSS's diversity policy calls for no schools to have more than 40% of their students receiving free and reduced lunch. Most people know that we have some schools that exceed that upper limit. What most people do not know is how far out of compliance some of the schools are or where they are located. These figures are not publicized by WCPSS and it is never reported by the local or national media. Wake County receives accolades for its diversity policy but it is never held up to any scrutiny.

In the 2006-07 school year WCPSS had 16 elementary schools with more than 50% F&R.

Vandora Springs	51.8%
Powell	52.6	Gifted/Talented Magnet
Fox Road	53.8
Zebulon	54.8	Gifted/Talented Equity Magnet*
Aversboro	56.4
River Bend	56.9
Knightdale	58.1
Millbrook	58.3	International Baccalaureate Magnet
Barwell Road	59.3
Wilburn	60.9
Creech Road	61.8
Hodge Road	64.0
Carver	64.9
Brentwood	66.7
Smith	69.4
Wakelon	71.4

*Equity magnets do not allow applications. Equity magnets were put in place to keep middle class families from fleeing those schools.

Note that these are the figures for this past school year, before Judge Manning's ruling. His ruling may make it harder for the school system to distribute F&R students evenly, but they weren't doing so well at it in the first place. I will update with the figures for the 2007-08 school year when they are released.