AdvanceED

Or thousands of students will lose accreditation:

Saying the Wake County school board has created a climate of uncertainty and mistrust in the community, the accreditation agency AdvancEd has placed Wake County high schools on "accreditation warned" status, giving the system a year to fix a series of issues or risking losing accreditation.

Hopefully it won't take a year for the board to figure out what's more important: Ideology and pride, or the future hopes and dreams of the students in their charge.

The march to mediocrity for Wake schools continues:

If the system drops AdvancED accreditation, what will happen?

...thousands of young people from across the country apply for college every year from non-accredited institutions and home schools, and they do just fine getting scholarships and admittance to top schools.

Roll up your pant-legs folks, the shit is getting seriously deep. Why don't we take a look at admissions requirements for one of those (neighborhood) top schools:

We won't play your games.

With Mr. Pope's frazzled strings showing every step of the way, the Wake County School Board this week again demonstrated the gross incompetence of extremist Republicans when it comes to doing the public's business. Isn't this just what Wake County needs: a national spotlight showing the toxic aftershocks of Mr. Pope's corporate takeover. I'm sure "no accreditation" for public high schools will be a big draw for all those corporate headquarters Raleigh is trying to attract.