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10/31/2006 9:25:36 AM

We should have page 3 off. We can start back on page 4. Everybody needs a break.

10/31/2006 11:25:01 AM

Probably the same parents protesting on WRAL cuz their kids might have to go to school near a predominately black neighborhood instead of Wakefield.

10/31/2006 1:14:27 PM

Bond debate on NBC 17 now.

11/5/2006 11:32:12 AM

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"Imagine if we were forced during college to convert to a year round system? How many people up here would complain."

For some of us, college WAS a year round system. I was typically working and taking classes during the summer. Not saying that's true for everybody, but the option is there (for NCSU) for those who wish to pursue it.

Can somebody provide a link to a breakdown of the bond expenses? Maybe I'm missing something, but why do you need $500 million to convert to year-round schools? Overhead can't be that high...

11/5/2006 11:42:33 AM

^^^that's a pretty idotic assumption.

I know several families with one child in elementary school, one in middle, and one about to be in high school. If the bill is passed, they could all three potentially be on separate tracks. Yes, if your kids go to the same school, then they can try to keep them on the same track, but three separate schools is another story. What are the parents supposed to do? Quit their jobs because their kids are forced to be on three separate schedules?

My mom is a teacher, and I know several other teachers who are going to relocate if this bill is passed. Teachers don't make shit, and A LOT of them have summer jobs to earn extra cash. You can't really have an extra job for a three week break in the middle of the year.

Year-round is something that needs to be a choice, not mandatory. There are way too many families who will be screwed if it passes. Private school should NOT be the only option for these families.

Obviously they have fucked up with building the schools....I think almost everyone knows this. Instead of making fancy ass cafeterias and nice looking architecture (like at Green Hope High or Wakefield, for example) they should have been adding another story of classrooms. Unfortunately, they have yet to think about this when building these new schools. This is not the parents' error, however, and they shouldn't have to suffer for it.



[Edited on November 5, 2006 at 11:48 AM. Reason : .]

11/5/2006 11:47:22 AM

^ Nobody is arguing these points. The problem is that there is no better solution. We're a clusterfucked region and we are running out of options to accomodate this growth.

11/5/2006 11:49:12 AM

^They need to start building!!!! Parents still need to be able to choose if they want year-round or not. They can maybe change some schools (which will mean longer bus rides for lots) but they simply cannot make it mandatory.

11/5/2006 11:52:26 AM

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"Imagine if we were forced during college to convert to a year round system? How many people up here would complain."

I went to college year round. I was happy to get out in 4 and start making money while my peers were cobbling together money for a gumby's pizza.

11/5/2006 12:14:36 PM

^^ they should let parents pay more to not go year round

find out quick who really cares and who is just whining

11/6/2006 1:27:02 AM

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"Maybe I'm missing something, but why do you need $500 million to convert to year-round schools? Overhead can't be that high..."

Converting to year-round is just an attached agreement to fuck the voter over. The money will build/repair/rennovate schools, but to get it you have to vote for year round schools as well.

11/6/2006 1:30:59 AM

i voted yes. i felt pretty good about it too.

11/8/2006 4:10:52 PM

I voted yes but I don't own a house in Wake County.

11/8/2006 6:13:31 PM

I think its cute how people without children or the complication of trying to juggle 3 different vacation times, no family time, no summer job opportunity, or finding a babysitter for 3 weeks at a time are chiming in on this issue - especially calling the parents "complainers."

11/8/2006 7:14:58 PM

Real cute. Shit happens when you have kids and live in an area that is undergoing tremendous growth. Parents have lots of alternatives, they just don't want to have to spend any money. All of us "without children" are the ones fucking paying for the schools as residents.

[Edited on November 8, 2006 at 8:19 PM. Reason : .]

11/8/2006 8:14:51 PM