T.Vaden Editorial

Ann and I were expecting Ted Vaden's editorial today. Regarding MYR, a significant subject which the N&O has failed to report on is the pain inflicted by MYR on families with kids in different tracks -- how does a married household manage daycare, activities and together time, how does a divorced family begin to deal with this. The only "in-depth" coverage was Lize Weidle's column which speaks for itself. Bottom line, the more people that move here, the more subscriptions the N&O sells. The glossing over of inbound student numbers was particularly disappointing. Mr. Hui from the N&O has done some good work covering education, so when consulted about the "right Number" of new fall students, I would have like to see a more specific answer. Here's a posting I just left on Mr. Hui's blog:

• Mr. Vaden's editorial in today's paper was disappointing. WCPSS has insisted that there are 8,000 new students coming in the Fall. WakeCARES, StopMYR and other groups have performed independent analysis which supports a much lower number (Thus less need for conversions). The editorial asserts that numbers are irrelevant to the policy debate, yet the BoE uses these numbers as the sole means of support for their MYR agenda. The piece goes on to say that the right number "probably is somewhere between the estimates of the school system and the opponents."
  
  Mr. Hui, you are in a unique position to bring clarity to the numbers question. You have direct access to the BoE and the anti-MYR groups. I implore you to investigate this further and come up with the right number. Any inflation of this 'right number' by the BoE translates to unnecessary MYR conversions for Wake County children, the price for ambiguity just much too high to leave this open to interpretation.