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Wake County school leader on leave until he resigns (Winston-Salem Journal)
RALEIGHA racially charged debate about school diversity in North Carolina has resulted in the superintendent of the Wake County schools being placed on administrative leave until his resignation is effective.Busing racial strife flares in North Carolina (The Washington Times) RALEIGH, N.C. | A racially charged debate over school busing in North Carolina turned even uglier after an education official referred to proponents of a diversity program as "animals out of the cages." The state NAACP filed a complaint against the Wake County School Board on Friday, arguing that Chairman Ron Margiotta and his allies seem to have "racist attitudes." "The image of animals out of ...
Fitch Rates Wake County, North Carolina's GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to the following Wake County, North Carolina general obligation bonds:
Report: County’s overall health ranks low (Sampson Independent) A report detailing health rankings for each of North Carolina’s 100 counties shows Sampson County 67th in the state in overall health and even lower — 82nd — in factors that influence health, being particularly at-risk for poor behaviors that include adult smoking, adult obesity, binge drinking, motor vehicle death and high risk sexual activity.
NAACP leaders demand resignation of Wake school board chairman (The News & Observer) The leadership of the national NAACP is accusing Wake County school board chairman Ron Margiotta of racism and demanding that he resign his chairmanship for having called people “animals” at last week’s contentious board meeting.
ValueAppeal Helps Wake County, NC Property Owners Reclaim Unfairly Assessed Property Taxes In Advance of April 1, 2010 ... (dBusinessNews.com) Raleigh - The annual deadline for filing a residential property tax appeal in Wake County, North Carolina is April 1, 2010. During this period of unprecedented decline in housing values, many property owners are unfairly overpaying their property taxes by hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Wake schools' January legal bill is $6,000 (The News & Observer) Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr's far-reaching work for the Wake County school board has included e-mail requests to officials for facts that are on their Web site and a meeting with current board lawyer Ann Majestic, for which taxpayers got billed from both sides for a total of $425 an hour.
Wake schools superintendent placed on administrative leave (WRAL.com Raleigh) The Wake County school board on Tuesday evening placed Superintendent Del Burns on paid administrative leave. In several interviews last month, Burns, who announced he's resigning June 30, accused the board of "partisan political gamesmanship."
Another NC Judge Considers Personal Care Services (NBC 17 Raleigh) A North Carolina judge has sided with state Medicaid regulators in a dispute over efforts to cut spending for personal care services for people living at home. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens says an administrative law judge didn't have jurisdiction to decide if the state can review in-home care for more than 30,000 patients. That review could cut some patient services by half ...
NAACP to Margiotta: Resign (The News & Observer) The head of the national NAACP demanded Tuesday that Ron Margiotta resign as chairman of the Wake County school board for calling people "animals" at a meeting last week where the ruling majority took the first step toward killing the diversity policy.