After 45 minutes of debate at the January 26 work session, the Wake Board of Education voted to retain nodes 383.3 and 384.4 at Apex High. Six board members voted to retain our nodes at Apex: Eleanor Goettee, Ron Margiotta, An McLaurin, Kevin Hill, Horace Tart and Lori Millberg. Two board members voted to reassign our nodes to Athens: Beverly Clark and Patti Head. Rosa Gill did not vote as she serves as chair and can only vote as a tie breaker. A big thank you goes out to Ms. Goettee, our school board representative, who introduced the change and led the discussion on our behalf.
This vote is ‘preliminary’ and will be officially recorded at the February 3rd Board of Education meeting. We anticipate the vote will remain unchanged but plan to attend all public hearings until the official recording. The public can comment on changes made to the reassignment plan at a public hearing on January 28 from 6-9 pm. Another Board work session will be held Thursday, January 29 from 12-3pm to discuss high school reassignments in northern Wake County. Both of these meetings will be held at 3600 Old Wake Forest Road in Raleigh.
Thank you for your continued support and involvement.
