Shawn Daley
Editor
The Apex
Board of Commissioners adopted a strongly worded resolution Tuesday night
opposing the Wake County Public School System’s proposal of imposing
mandatory year-round schools starting in 2006.
Mayor
Keith Weatherly said he did not object to year-round schools and
understood that many families prefer year-round schedules.
But
Weatherly said forcing children to attend year-round schools without
giving parents a choice was not in the best interest of area families.
“The
affects could be disastrous,” said Weatherly. “Families would be
disrupted, especially if families have more than one child and they are on
different schedules.”
Commissioner Bill Jensen said his son attends a year-round school and it
works well for his family.
“But
the mandatory aspect of it is not right,” said Jensen. “Especially is you
have high schools and junior high schools still on (the traditional
calendar) while elementary schools are year-round. It will cause
(problems) for families.”
It
resolution states that the town board “deplores this egregious affront” to
students and families and opposes the school system’s “misery-inducing
proposal.”
WCPSS
officials claim the plan will help ease the burden on the many overcrowded
schools in the area.
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