A recent article ran in the News & Observer regarding school violence in Wake County.  WCPSS administrators would like us to believe that violence is decreasing in our schools however a long term view shows otherwise. In the 1997-98 school year, NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) reported 4.9 acts of violence per 1,000 students.  In 2006-07, the last year recorded, Wake County schools reported 8.92 acts of violence per 1,000 students.  While this reflects a decline over the 2005-06 school year (9.6 acts/1000), it has drastically increased over the last 10 years.

The following links will allow you to view Wake County schools compared to other counties of North Carolina as well as each individual Wake County schools statistics. We encourage you to do your own research.

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/research/discipline/reports/schoolviolence/2006-07schoolviolence.pdf

Wake County compared to other NC counties - page 27

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/research/discipline/reports/schoolviolence/2006-07schoolviolence.pdf

each individual Wake County school - page 84

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