Raleigh Residential Real Estate Blog

Raleigh Residential Real Estate – Local Property Taxes on your Raleigh, NC home may be going up – Remember to VOTE –   TOMORROW October 9, 2007!!  There are 3 Bond Issues on the Wake County Election Ballot

In the last several blogs, I reviewed the upcoming bond referenda to help you decide how to vote on October 9. Click on each of the following to read about each bond from past blogs.

Public Libraries  $45 million
Wake Technical College  $92 million
Wake County Open Space  $50 million

I personally believe each of these bonds are important to maintaining the quality of life of our area and will help maintain the value of our Raleigh area homes. I am personally going to vote for each of these bonds and would recommend that you do the same.

If you would like to know your homes present tax value, The Poling Team would be happy to find it for you just click  Contact Us

We would also be happy to provide a free market analysis of your home. Find Your Homes Value

Raleigh Residential Real Estate –News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Wake County votes to move 19 elementary schools to go year-round calendar

Yesterday the Wake County Schools board approved transitioning 19 elementary schools to a year-round calendar. This will allow for 3,000 more students in addition to the new building program. This year the Wake County School system has over 7,400 more students than last year. Similar enrollment growth is projected for next year.

In addition to elementary schools going to year-round schedules, the Wake County School Board is considering the potential of converting East Garner, East Wake, Leesville, North Garner, Salem and Wakefield Middle Schools to a multi-track year-round calendar.

Read the full article and see the list of elementary schools that are being changed to the year-round schedule:  Board Approves Designating 19 Elementary Schools to Year-Round

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh NC School Information

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Raleigh Residential Real Estate –News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Some Middle Schools may convert to year-round schedule

Last week the News and Observer reported that the Wake County School Board is now considering making some middle schools move to a year-round schedule next year. This is being done to accommodate more students, but it also addresses the issues of parents having children on different schedules.

You can comment on this, the 23 elementary schools that will be converted and any other topic regarding the growth plan on-line at: Comments to Wake County, NC School Board

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh, NC School Information

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Raleigh Residential Real Estate –News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Holly Springs High School Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony this past week.

This week the Wake County Public School System held a ribbon cutting for one of two new high schools scheduled to open in the 2006 – 07 school year. The new Holly Springs, NC High School will have 1,663 students in the 3 story building.

The Wake County NC Schools will open a total of seven new schools for 2006-07, while more schools are being built and planned. In addition to the two new high schools there will be five multi-track, year-round schools, which provide space for more students.

The second new high school is Panther Creek High in Cary and is under construction and on schedule to open for 2006-07.

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh NC School Information

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Raleigh Residential Real Estate – News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Wake County Blueprint for Excellence Website Launched August 9

As I have written in a number of previous blogs, the Raleigh Area of North Carolina is growing rapidly and with that growth there are challenges to the area school systems. In fact, Wake County is the fastest growing county in North Carolina.

To address the issue of growth in the school system, a bond issue is on the ballot this November 7 for $1.056 Billion in capital improvements. To explain and support the bond issue Wake County Schools has established a new section of their website titled, “Blueprint for Excellence”. 

The website contains a special report on growth, FAQ’s, and information on existing schools that are scheduled for major renovations, and lots of links to school information including video.  See the website at: Blueprint for Excellence

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh NC School Information

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Raleigh Residential Real Estate –News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Wake County picks 23 of 30 recommended elementary schools to go year-round calendar

The Raleigh Area of North Carolina is growing rapidly and with that growth there are challenges to the area school systems. Wake County is projected have 7,000 more students this fall than last year and over the next five years the projections call for a total of 40,000 additional students.

As I wrote in a blog several days ago, one approach to address this issue of rapid growth was to make a number of elementary schools follow a year round schedule. The Wake County School system staff has developed a list of 30 elementary schools to be considered for year round schedules. By instituting a year round schedule more students can be accommodated in any one school building.

Yesterday the Wake County Schools board narrowed the list to 23. The public now has a comment period until August 28 when a public hearing will be held at the Southeast Raleigh High School. You can see the list of schools that are being considered and read more about the plan on the Wake County Public School system website:  23 Wake County NC Schools

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh NC School Information

Thinking of relocating to the Raleigh, North Carolina area (even if it is just across town)? The Poling Team would love to be your NC Realtors – give us a call on our toll free number at (888) 221-5940 to hear about our homes for sale and lots of free information or to be connected directly to us.

 

Raleigh Residential Real Estate – Today’s big News for the Raleigh, North Carolina Schools – Wake County considers 30 elementary schools to go to year-round calendar

If you are currently living in the Triangle area of North Carolina, you are aware of the rapid growth of Wake County. The Wake County population is expected to grow this year by more than 25,000 people. This may be considered a good thing because of the expanding tax base, but there are problems that go along with this growth. One of the largest is how to handle the increasing number of students in the Raleigh area school systems.

As one approach to address the issue, the Wake County School system staff has developed a list of 30 elementary schools to be considered for year round schedules. By instituting a year round schedule more students can be accommodated in any one school building.

The list of elementary schools being considered was made public yesterday on the Wake County Public School System website and it was the front page headline on today’s News and Observer.

Not all of the schools will immediately have a year round schedule, but depending upon the results of a bond issue this fall, more may need to added. You can see the list of schools that are being considered and read all about it on the Wake County Public School system website:  30 Wake County Schools

You can also find links to more information about the Raleigh, NC area schools and even find school assignments by your home address on the Poling Team website. Click here: Raleigh NC School Information

Thinking of relocating to the Apex, Cary, Clayton, Garner, Knightdale or Raleigh, North Carolina area (even if is just across town)?

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Whether you are relocating from another state to the Raleigh, North Carolina area or if you are just moving across town, schools are an important consideration. The Raleigh, NC area has become a very desirable place to live. We traditionally have had lower unemployment than the rest of North Carolina and the country as a whole. We have good schools, colleges and universities and there are a large number of College graduates in the area. 

All of this good news for Raleigh, NC has produced rapid growth and the area school systems are straining to keep up. It continues to be a very hot topic of discussion on how the Raleigh School systems can build and pay for the schools needed to keep up with our population growth.

In general, Wake County has excellent schools and there are over 100 schools that have about 13,000 teachers and staff. There are a wide variety of magnet schools programs that offer innovative approaches to learning. Entry in the various programs is by lottery.

Johnson County Schools rank in the top 20% of school districts in NC. There are 36 schools in Johnson County with 27,500 students.

Find links to Raleigh Area School information (even a quick link to determine your school by your street address) on the Poling Team website here:  Raleigh Area Schools