![]() "This change in the diversity plan is not the right plan," Garner resident David Prince said. However, people also spoke about the board's decision to do away with diversity and asked the board to reconsider the move. "You have taken our nationally recognized school system and you've turned us into a national joke," Simes said. Other speakers at Thursday's meeting, like Chris Simes, criticized the board for the negative attention. The comments come after Tedesco was personally slammed on a Comedy Central TV show Tuesday night, in which comedian Steven Colbert ridiculed the Wake County School System for taking diversity out of student assignment.Ĭlick here to watch all of Colbert's comments. "John Tedesco is informed, engaged," Capps said. There was also plenty of praise for Board Member John Tedesco in his district. ![]() We are fragmenting the social stability." "They're not going to school with their neighbors. "They're not growing up with their friends," Garner Resident Paul Capps said. to go to a school that is unfamiliar to them," Wake County resident Venita Peyton said. "There is a cost to our children standing at bus stops in the dark at 6:25 a.m. "It's outstanding the efforts that you have put forth and the sacrifices that you've given," Wake County resident Jane Wilson said. ![]() Many thanked the board majority for their efforts, but there were a few speakers who expressed their concerns about the change. Most of the people who came out to the meeting support the move to neighborhood schools. WAKE COUNTY During a reassignment meeting Thursday night in Garner, the school board majority received an outpouring of support. ![]()
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