Schools in Wake County

I had a conversation with somebody this evening about schools. She has a daughter who like our daughter, is entering Kindergarten in the fall. I asked her where she would be going to school and after telling me that she had applied for several magnet schools and her designated Year Round school, she didn't get into any of them and will be attending her base school. She sounded somewhat disappointed about the school so I asked which school it was. It happened to be the same school as our daughter is registered for. After hearing that and finding out that we actually live in the neighborhood, she seemed happier. It definitely made a difference that her daughter would know somebody from the neighborhood who could ride the bus with her. Both of the kids have been talking about taking the bus to school and are very excited about it.

Because she seemed disappointed at first, I told her that I missed the deadlines for applying for magnet schools and I figured that our base school would be as good as we make it out to be. By being close to the school we would have more opportunity to visit the school and be involved in our children's education. She said that her husband was very excited at the thought of being close to the school as he intended to be there to help out in the classroom as much as he could.

A parent can spend so much time being concerned about the school their child is attending that they don't consider that it is the parent's who can make any school great. This particular school may not look like one of the best schools on paper but I have several friends and neighbors with children in this school and they are very happy. It is all what you make it out to be. We are in Wake County and most of the schools are good. The not so good ones can improve and if you look at the history of all the schools, you can see that many not so good schools have become great over time. My belief is that as parents we need to be supportive of our children and do what we can to help the teachers and administrative staffs in our schools. We don't necessarily need great schools, we need great students and that is up to the PARENTS.