The Wayne County Board of Education reversed course Wednesday during a special-called meeting, and will no longer bring K-5 students back to face-to-face instruction under Plan A after the holiday break.
The board voted 5-2 (Jennifer Strickland and Wade Leatham voted against the measure) to keep WCPS students under the state’s Plan B hybrid learning model, keeping the district in step with neighboring Johnston and nearby Wake counties.
“The metrics have changed dramatically since last week,” Board Chairman Chris West said, adding that Wake had voted to return to virtual instruction because of staffing issues.
The board will revisit the issue Jan. 25, after post-holiday COVID-19 data is available.
“That might tell us a lot about where we’re at,” West said. “That seems to me to be the wise thing to do. I think we need to consider our staff … as well as our students.”
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Mr west wake county and also Johnson county gave bonus to their employees. Why do we not get one? I know we are not important enough. Merry Christmas and thanks for nothing.
Thank you Ms Burden for sticking up to the biggest bully in Wayne County.
Please, someone figure out how to super glue Jennifer Strickland’s mouth. When she speaks, the IQ of the entire room decreases. She ‘ass’umes way too much. She pretends to speak for people and she flat out lies. She has been caught in several. For example: “I don’t know what happened to the money.” It was proven she was in the meetings and told. Lie to me once, shame you, lie to me twice, shame on me.