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New Early Dismissal on Wed. in Wake Co, NC

Both the Wake Co school board and new Wake Co PTA Council praise the new early release policy that will be implemented as of today. Children will be released 1 hour early on Wed. afternoons with a 2 1/2 hour early release every sixth Wed. In an attempt at maintaining the required number of instructional hours and days during the year, 10 minutes will be added to each school day during the rest of the week.

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This new policy will add more stress in the lives of families which have both parents working outside the home. Childcare during the middle of the day for an added hour once a week will be a nightmare to find. In reality, it promotes more latch-key kids.

I must say, I'm not convinced that adding 10 minutes to the school days, Mon-Tue and Thur-Fri will really be quality educational time. I do agree that teacher training and peer exchange of instructional tips and tricks would benefit both teachers and children. However, wouldn't this time be better utilized as an additional teacher workday? Or, could the current teacher workdays be better structured to allow for this type of peer exchange?

Not sure what the school board was thinking, but this new plan seems to have a lot of drawbacks which may ultimately negatively impact our children.

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Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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