Record #:

13933

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

The 1995 General Assembly passed legislation authorizing charter schools, or schools operated by a private, non-profit organization. Of the state's ninety-nine charter schools, almost 20 percent of them are located in Wake and Durham Counties. Republicans want more or them; Democrats worry that they are a form of segregation. Geary discusses the consequences of raising the cap on the number of schools.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Charter schools

Record #:

13934

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Since a new school board controls the Wake County Schools, changes are being considered in how students are assigned to schools. The old plan fostered diversity in the schools. Recently the new Wake County Choice plan was unveiled. Geary evaluates the school reassignment plan.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

School boards--Wake County

Record #:

13935

Author(s):

Cowell, Rebekah L.

Abstract:

Lincoln Heights is a historically African American community located outside the Roanoke Rapids corporation limits. For the past seventy years the city has regularly dumped its garbage there in three landfills; the city does not provide Lincoln Heights with trash service. Although two of the landfills have since closed, the residents are still living among the dumps. Cowell discusses this problem and the waste transfer station that the city proposes to build there.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p17-21, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Refuse and refuse disposal--Roanoke Rapids; African American neighborhoods--Halifax County; Lincoln Heights