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Americans for Prosperity to Support New Wake County School Board Busing Policy
12/14/09
Americans for Prosperity to Support New Wake County School Board Busing Policy
In an email dated December 14, 2009, the group, ‘Americans for Prosperity’, is planning to have a rally to show support for the new Wake County [North Carolina] School Board in their actions concerning the county’s busing practices.
In November 2009 a conservative majority was elected to the board. There is controversy surrounding their perceived mandate to change the diverse busing policies the county had been previously following.
In briefly researching the issue, conservatives and those who voted them in office, feel that the busing of children outside of their communities to other schools is not necessary. In opposition, others believe that it adds both to adding to a diverse community overall as well as insure some form of equality in schools across the county. Memories are still fresh in the minds of some of inequality of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’.
Communities which were well to do tended to get more resources than poorer communities. Citizens of the county do not want that to happen again after progress has been made to improve the situation. I have listed two articles which explore the controversial issue further:
http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=5876 (David N. Bass of Carolina Journal)
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/opinion/wake-county-dont-turn-back (Ashley Osment / BWheeler of Newsoberser.com Blogs)
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