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Related: About this forumDemocrats expand majority on Wake County (Raleigh) Board of Education
RALEIGH Democrats achieved a near-complete hold on the Wake County Board of Education in Tuesdays election.
With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Democrats won three races, while Bill Fletcher, who was named to the board by Democrats, narrowly defeated fellow Republican Nancy Caggia. Based on these counts, the officially nonpartisan nine-member board would include seven Democrats, an unaffiliated member who once was a Democrat, and Fletcher.
The results would end the tenure of the wave of Republicans who swept into office four years ago, bringing national attention to Wake County with attempts to end the countys policy of student assignment based on diversity.
With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Democrats won three races, while Bill Fletcher, who was named to the board by Democrats, narrowly defeated fellow Republican Nancy Caggia. Based on these counts, the officially nonpartisan nine-member board would include seven Democrats, an unaffiliated member who once was a Democrat, and Fletcher.
The results would end the tenure of the wave of Republicans who swept into office four years ago, bringing national attention to Wake County with attempts to end the countys policy of student assignment based on diversity.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/08/3265477/democrats-may-expand-majority.html#storylink=cpy
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Democrats expand majority on Wake County (Raleigh) Board of Education (Original Post)
VirginiaTarheel
Oct 2013
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TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)1. Yes, but hasn't the damage already been done to the reputation
of Raleigh public schools specifically and the state of North Carolina in general?
Let's hope these Dems can get things straightened out....
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)2. Good News
My brother lives in Cary, and he was really upset by the election a few years back.
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)3. Good. My son used to go to school there when we lived in Raleigh long
ago.