Dave DeWitt is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Politics and Education. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
Five members of the Wake County School Board were sworn in last night. The board majority is now in the hands of Democrats, after two years of Republican…
Public schools across North Carolina are facing a range of financial challenges this spring. Growing charter school and private school enrollment threaten traditional public schools' state and local funding. Meanwhile federal COVID relief money is set to expire. Managing all of this are school district's chief financial officers.
State funding for school employee salaries hasn’t kept up with the cost of living in cities. Wake County Schools is struggling to keep employees, and that puts pressure on the county commission to raise local taxes.
The superintendent of Wake County Schools has shared a budget proposal that would require a 9% increase in county funding to pay for school employee raises and other school improvements.