Wake County (N.C.) board approves expanded school options for students

Sept. 21, 2011
District plans to offer single-sex academies, science-themed school

From The Raleigh News & Observer: The Wake County (N.C.) school board has approved a plan that over the next few years would expand school options for students to include single-sex leadership academies, a science academy, a vocational high school and a schoolhouse that would cater to recent preschool graduates and middle school students. The options were approved as part of a $130.3 million construction plan that Superintendent Tony Tata hopes will make schools more innovative, attractive and cost-efficient. The bulk of the $130.3 million will pay for a new high school in Apex, a new elementary school in Apex and more classroom trailers and off-campus ninth-grade centers for crowded high schools.

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