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Cartophilia: Maps and Map Memorabilia: Be My Cartographic Valentine 2010

February 13, 2010

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Wake County (NC) School Diversity

Back in November, the Wake County (Raleigh, NC metro) voters booted out a school board that balanced the low-to-moderate (low-mod in planner speak) students by busing them around the district. Magnet "special programs" enticing suburban (read, academic achieving) students existed in older, more central schools. After forcing some schools to convert to year-round calendars and instituting a one-hour-early release every Wednesday (so teachers could meet), voters were fed up. As the new school board moves to dissemble these programs, the other part of the electorate is organizing in support of the old system. I think I have a middle way, at least where the busing is concerned and maybe some help with the magnet programs as well. BUSING My ex lives in an enclave of new development in southeast Raleigh (in the past a low-mod area). Our high school kid, if registered at her address, would be bused past Athens Drive High School and Cary High School on their way to Apex. They would...

30 seconds of trash: If we can't regulate political ads, we should ban them entirely - CSMonitor.com

An alternative to my earlier post--or in addition, depending on what works. 30 seconds of trash: If we can't regulate political ads, we should ban them entirely - CSMonitor.com

New Transportation Reauthorization by August?

US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is confident that a new surface transportation reauthorization bill may be ready by August (Reuters Article) . Some think that any bill passed will be better than the current situation (18 months of continuing resolutions of SAFETEA-LU , and an interesting breakout of options from the : National Journal ). President Obama is finally getting to some infrastructure talk, both in the SOTU and to the US CofC . Regardless, this will be an interesting year for transportation.

Cartophilia: Maps and Map Memorabilia: Be My Cartographic Valentine 2010

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