Cary trying to break away from the Wake County School System? (Raleigh: chapel, buy)

[LisaZ]

I spoke with a friend who worked in the Wake County School System. She said that several years ago (she has since moved to Texas), there was talk that Cary is trying to separate from the County to have it's own school district (similar to Chapel Hill/Carrboro being separate from Orange County). Does anyone know anything about this?

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Originally Posted by LisaZ

I spoke with a friend who worked in the Wake County School System. She said that several years ago (she has since moved to Texas), there was talk that Cary is trying to separate from the County to have it's own school district (similar to Chapel Hill/Carrboro being separate from Orange County). Does anyone know anything about this?

This seems to come up every now and then. IMO it is idle chit chat. I think the chances of it ever happening are around 0%. It would require action from the NC general assembly for that to happen. The process would be brutal, drawn out, and ugly.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by LisaZ

I spoke with a friend who worked in the Wake County School System. She said that several years ago (she has since moved to Texas), there was talk that Cary is trying to separate from the County to have it's own school district (similar to Chapel Hill/Carrboro being separate from Orange County). Does anyone know anything about this?

There is no initiative for TOC government for withdrawing from WCPSS.
It is just talk on the street.
Cary would have to build schools for a few hundred million bucks, or buy schools from WCPSS, and the will is not in place for either to happen.

[LisaZ]

Thanks for the quick feedback.

[J_Lurk]

It was a concept tossed out by some candidates for public office in Cary. I know that my Town Council rep, Don Frantz, made a bunch of public statements suggesting that Cary split off from WCPSS when he was running for election (see item 6 here: Don Frantz: Candidate for Cary Council District B: Elections: Candidate Questionnaires.: Independent Weekly: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill ). I assume it was a statement he made without really understanding what is involved.

[coltank]

Yeah, won't happen. I think that Chapel Hill/Carrboro is separate b/c they never merged with the county schools. Durham and Wake used to be separate. You had Durham City/County Schools and you had Wake County/Raleigh Schools unitl they merged.