The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday that it will release more than $6.1 billion in federal funding for schools, but the Wake County Public School System said it hadn’t heard whether its funding has yet been restored. The largest school district in the state said that if it isn’t, student outcomes could be on the line.
” Critical, critical funding. We’re talking about kids that are in the margins already,” said Grace Purtell, a parent of a WCPSS student. “I’m in a fairly privileged position, but for friends of mine and marginalized communities, it will impact them way more than it impacts me, but that matters to me.”
Purtell was among many parents who received a letter from the school district answering some questions about the federal funding. It’s money that the district said is needed to support student learning, their teachers, and the extra help many students need to succeed…