Dump the Wake County assignment plan, start over

T. Keung Hui & Thomas Goldmsith

The Wake County school board has just thrown out its controversial, community-based assignment plan on a motion by vice chairwoman Debra Goldman.

A directive passed out by Keith Sutton, a member of the former board minority, calls for the following action:

"Any and all efforts to create a zone-based assignment model will cease effective immediately."

The motion underwent brief discussion by the board in a meeting that has already lasted for nearly five hours.

Goldman made the motion and Sutton, formerly part of an opposing faction on the board, seconded it.

It passed on a 5-3 vote, with Goldman joining her four former opponents on the board.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 7, 2010 2:01 AM
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