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Immediate Release

Contact: Calla Wright, at www.cccaac.com for additional information or call

Ronald White, 919 846-7045 or jrwite@aol.com


The Coalition Of Concerned Citizens For African American Children comment on WSCA's response regarding low income children and their support of WCPSS Resolution.
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In 2008-09, the rate for the White(89.4%) and Multiracial (81.2%)  the Asian (88.3%), African American/Black (63.4%), and Hispanic/Latino (51.1%)

WSCA is comprised of a  group of citizens who cannot identify with the struggles  that many of our parents and children face here in Wake County.

Who authorized WSCA to speak about low income children?
What do they know about low income/poverty or low economic neighborhoods?
Do they know where Southeast Raleigh is or have they visited any neighborhoods and homes of our children without bringing security  to protect them?
Do they know the struggles that many of our children and their families face.?
Do they know anything about how Southeast Raleigh and how the neighborhoods are structured?
Based on our history and the struggles  we will work to ensure that our children receive equal educational opportunities.
Education is the great equalizer.
It is time for them to stop hiding behind our children.


CCCAAC believes that children benefit when they attend racially and socio-economic diverse schools.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Calla Wright, (919) 231-9057, or visit  www.cccaac.com for additional information, Founder Coalition of Concerned Citizens of African-American Children

 

Community Advocates Call on Wake School Board to provide accurate information as it relates to student performance and achievement that impact our present diversity policy.

 

 

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children, the local NAACP, and the YWCA of the Greater Triangle have requested a formal presentation by the Wake County Public Schools System to interpret recently completed research on student performance as it relates to diversity.

 

These organizations are calling on citizens, parents and educators who are concerned about the welfare of area students to attend the presentation by WCPSS and participate in a discussion concerning:

 

*Benchmarking Wake County's performance to establish best practices;

*Recognizing schools that are closing the achievement gap faster than others;

*Highlighting successful students.

 

 

WHAT: Community Examines WCPSS Achievement Data

WHEN: February 23rd, 2010

WHERE: Martin Street Baptist Church, Johnson Building, 1001 East Martin Street, Raleigh

TIME: 6:30-8:00 p.m.

WHO: Parents, students, educators, and other interested persons who would like to participate in a discussion on Wake County Public Schools Systems’ achievement.

PRESENTER:  Wake County Public School System

SPONSORS:  Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children, NAACP Local Branch, YWCA of the Greater Triangle

CONTACT:  Calla Wright, (919)231-9057, or visit www.cccaac.com for more information

 

WE are sponsoring this event in an effort to provide accurate data/information to the community as it relates to student achievement.

 

This community forum also is sponsored by the YWCA Racial Justice program, which works at a grassroots level to improve race relations in the community. Through small-group dialogue, education forums and taskforces, the YWCA engages citizens in activities that promote equality and diversity.

 

The YWCA recently asked a volunteer to do a preliminary analysis of existing data from the Wake County Public School System.  Findings include:   

 In 2008-09, Wake County graduated 63.4 percent of its black students and 51.1 percent of its Hispanic students who had entered the ninth grade for the first time in the fall of 2005

 

The CCCAAC is a community-based organization whose mission is to assist parents in helping their children receive optimal educational opportunities.  The CCCAAC believes that all students benefit when they attend economically and racially diverse schools.

 

 

The YWCA of the Greater Triangle unites women and men who strive to improve the social and economic conditions that affect girls, women and their families.  Established locally in 1923, the YWCA promotes peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people, providing vital programs that span the region to make life-changing differences for thousands of area families.  Through its Racial Justice initiative, the YWCA serves as a community resource for increasing awareness and opening dialog about race and ethnicity. The YWCA impacts individuals’ assumptions and attitudes about structural racism, which can be embedded in unfair housing policies, lending institutions’ practices, legal rulings, employment opportunities, disciplinary actions, educational outcomes and other issues.  http://www.ywcatriangle.org

 


 

 

 

Coalition Of Concerned Citizens

 For African American Children, Inc.

                                                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tel: (919) 231-9057

Email: ccaac_aacca@yahoo.com

CITZEN’S GROUP COMMENT ON

WCPSS Board of Education Meeting

The first meeting of the new Wake County School Board demonstrated just how far the new Board majority will go to push through its ideological agenda to dismantle the nationally-acclaimed student diversity policy and replace it with a plan designed to lead to resegregation and racially identifiable, high-poverty schools.  Despite their campaign rhetoric promising to listen to parents and taking time to gather input and information from the community, the new board majority revealed its contempt for even the most basic due process rights, including adequate public notice and a meaningful opportunity for residents to be heard, when it:.     

·        Introduced resolutions and agenda items that were not previously distributed to the other board members or to the public (in violation of established Board policy, which states that the agenda be made available to the public “at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting” and which prohibits amendments to the agenda “except on a vote of 2/3 of the members.”

·        Met in secret prior to the meeting to develop their coordinated strategy for the board meeting, drafting in advance and without any public input support.  This back room dealing clearly violated the spirit and purpose of the North Carolina Open Meetings Act and its prohibition on exactly what happened here: elected officials creating public policies behind closed doors, hidden from public scrutiny or meaningful accountability.

 

These due process and board policy violations show that the Board is uninterested in considering the underlying educational impacts and practical implications of tearing down the current student assignment policy, or the broader community’s deep commitment to its goals. No serious consideration has been given to these critical facts:

 

·        The current policy gives low-income children a much needed chance to succeed in a global and knowledge-based economy. Designed to protect all schools from the challenges faced by high poverty schools, Wake’s diversity policy affords every student opportunities to learn alongside diverse sets of peers. The so-called “neighborhood school” policy favors children from families that can pay the price of high mortgages over schools that can provide the benefits of a better education for all students.

 

·        Diversity and neighborhood school goals can co-exist: Pursuant to Wake’s existing diversity policy, 86 percent of its students currently attend a school within five miles of their homes; 99 percent attend a school within 10 miles of their homes. Only about one percent of children in Wake are bused to achieve diversity. For those attending magnet schools, Wake attempts to enroll students in schools within 12 miles of their homes.

 

The Concerned Citizens for African American Children, Inc. demand the school board respect the due process rights of Wake County citizens, and engage in transparent, honest and fair deliberations on all major school policy changes.  CCCAAC demand adequate notice of all Board agenda items and proposed policies, and a meaningful opportunity to be heard on those issues.  CCCAAC demand that the Board conduct a thorough review and analysis of the existing student assignment plan and the potential effects on diversity and resegregation of any proposed assignment plan prior to its adoption, and include the participation of parents from across the district in developing any such plans

 
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COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN 


   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: (919) 231-9057
Email: ccaac_aacca@ yahoo.com


CITIZEN’S GROUP SUPPORTS
Wake County Public School Grading Practice Review
                The Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American
Children
(CCCAAC) announces its support for WCPSS effort to review its grading
practice. We believe that the review will allow WCPSS to develop a systematic
grading practice that will allow all students an equal opportunity to receive
equitable evaluation on assessments; both formative and summative.    Developing
a common grading practice will impact the academic achievement and academic
performance of all students. This review is consistent with the district’s
longstanding commitment to ensure that all students receive equal education
opportunities
while supporting a diverse population at each school. 
           
The CCCAAC is a parent/community- based organization whose mission is to assist
parents in helping their children receive optimal educational opportunities
The CCCAAC believes that all students benefit when they attend economically and
racially diverse schools. 
 
 
COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
 
 
Contact: Calla Wright                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: (919) 231-9057
Email: ccaac_aacca@yahoo.com
 
 
CITIZEN’S GROUP SUPPORTS
Wake County Public School Year Round Plan:
Plan promotes academic achievement for all children
 
            The Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children (CCCAAC) announces its continued support for the reassignment plan proposed by the Wake County Public School System.  The plan is consistent with the district’s longstanding commitment to a successful educational experience for all children while supporting a diverse population at each school. 

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Posted by: "Calla Wright" ccaac_aacca@yahoo.com   ccaac_aacca

Thu Jul 9, 2009 6:36 pm (PDT)



We need to support this initiative which is a result of a seminar that was held earlier .
 
 
COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
 
 
                                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: (919) 231-9757
Email: ccaac_aacca@ yahoo.com