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789
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Wake County's ten year-old magnet schools provide insights and models for Durham's upcoming merger.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 37, Sept 1992, p9-11, il Periodical Website
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1068
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Two of North Carolina's computerized global classrooms are located in Zebulon and East Wake middle schools. The schools are involved in a partnership with the NC School of Science and Math designed to increase aptitude in the sciences and math.
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3662
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Project Chimney Swift is a cooperative effort between three Wake County schools - Ligon, Martin, and Davis Drive - and the N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences to study the birds' use of school chimneys. Observations will be shared on a World Wide Web site.
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4074
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The Wake County Public School system has installed sixteen surveillance cameras in each of its thirteen high schools to guarantee a safer school environment. But some feel the $200,000 for the project could have been spent on more pressing needs. Still others question whether or not the schools are snooping instead of supervising.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Jan 1999, p11-13, il Periodical Website
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4075
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Although large population growth tests Wake County's ability to provide adequate services, the county commissioners cut the property tax rate 17 percent in 1994, and in 1996, cut the school construction budget which was already approved by 40 percent of the voters. K-5 schools are now overcrowded; many students attend classes in mobile units, and parents are upset.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Jan 1999, p16-17, il Periodical Website
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27054
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Learning Together is an inclusive preschool for kids with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds in Southeast Raleigh. This year Enloe High School’s student council raised $100,000 for Learning Together and presented them the donation at their annual charity ball.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 50, Dec 2015, p11 Periodical Website
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35454
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Offered in detail for this issue’s report was a school bond slated for voter approval. How the impact could be felt: more classroom space not in trailers; newer buildings; more facilities complying with state building codes. Speaking of better building standards, that took a residential tone as local building professionals met for a seminar. Their goals: learn ways to improve their construction quality, so they could offer home buyers higher customer satisfaction.
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