Magnet families,

Tuesday, March 2 is going to be a critical day in the history of Wake County Schools and the Magnet Program.

If you have not read Saturday's News and Observer story, please find a link here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/26/360264/wake-school-board-set-to-vote.html
The story describes the School Board's intentions better than I could.

The use of socio-economic statistics to identify at-risk kids is at the heart of the debate in Wake County. Tuesday that practice could be eliminated. And as a result, our schools will change. What will happen to the Magnet Program whose many purposes include promoting socio-economic diversity?

Our opinion matters and now is the time to get involved. If you oppose the changes discussed, you need to make your voice heard NOW. Speak at the Board Meeting and call or email the Board Members.

http://www.wcpss.net/Board/boeinfo.html

Chris Malone, District 1 cmalone2@wcpss.net

John Tedesco, District 2 jtedesco@wcpss.net

Kevin Hill, District 3 klhill@wcpss.net

Keith Sutton, District 4 ksutton@wcpss.net

Anne McLaurin, MD, District 5 amclaurin@wcpss.net

Carolyn Morrison, District 6 cbmorrison@wcpss.net

Deborah Prickett, District 7 dprickett@wcpss.net

Ron Margiotta, District 8 rmargiotta@wcpss.net

Debra Goldman, District 9 dgoldman@wcpss.net