NC Alliance for School Equity and Safety

Here we are. Where we all didn't want to be - again. Cases are rising. And rising rapidly, especially here in Wake County and the state of NC .  Cases that are known from the Wake County Public School System COVID Dashboard showed a rate almost double that of the public the week of May 2nd. And the clusters and quarantines are no longer being tracked on their dashboard .  Dropping tracking, testing requirements and other non-invasive mitigation measures when masks became optional is illogical. Nothing was put in place for when/if mask requirements needed to come back. Nothing was put in place to make it clear to those who are higher risk how to request accommodations for additional precautions. And those who tried were met with the typical 504 Plan/IEP walls WCPSS is known for. But, all of this has 'worked' thus far as a wave had passed and the politics were involved. Now we find ourselves back on the upswing. But the WCPSS School Board and Superintendent have not discusse