Wake School Board Approves Reassignment Plan

Wake County Public School System’s Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a student reassignment plan that impacts 3,500 students. Parents spoke out against the plan prior to the vote, urging board members to oppose it.

WCPSS is the state’s largest school system and nation’s 14th largest. It serves roughly 160,000 students.

The reassignments will shift students to different schools—with the biggest impact on elementary schools—in order to address ongoing growth and populate four new schools in southern Wake, where growth is most prominent.

The new schools are Pleasant Pines Elementary (Apex), Rex Road Elementary (Holly Springs), Bowling Road Elementary (Fuquay-Varina), and Felton Grove High School (Apex).

Candidate Wants NCBOE Member Recusal

Republican State Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin filed a motion to request that N.C. Board of Elections member Siobhan Millen recuse herself from participating in the election protests surrounding the Supreme Court Justice race recount, due to a conflict of interest.

Millen is married to Press Millen, a partner at Womble Bond Dickenson, the law firm representing Griffin’s opponent, Justice Allison Riggs.

Griffin filed the motion 15 minutes before the board began a meeting to certify the finalized results of the Nov. 5 general election. The board also planned to consider subpoena requests related to Griffin’s protests during the meeting.

Members agreed to postpone their discussion of the requests so they can consider the potential conflict of interest. Griffin’s protests included a list of voters he alleges had incomplete information on their voter registration form, making them ineligible to vote.

If Griffin loses, Republicans will still maintain a bench majority.

7 Christmas Movies Made in NC

A new report rounds up six Hallmark Christmas movies filmed in North Carolina and one made-for-NBC TV movie starring the iconic Katherine Hepburn.

One Christmas (1994) features Hepburn’s final TV scene filmed in an unknown Wilmington location. The city’s Bellamy Mansion also makes an appearance in the movie.

Scenes in Hallmark’s Christmas in Harmony (2021), Christmas in Conway (2013), and USS Christmas (2020) were also filmed in Wilmington.

A Christmas Love Story features scenes filmed in Charlotte, Gastonia, and Monroe; and Christmas at the Grey Horse (2021) was filmed in Tryon. Most recently, A Biltmore Christmas (2023) was filmed at Biltmore Estate in Asheville.

Need a refresher on these holiday classics? Search Hallmark’s movie guide for your favorites to see when they are showing.

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➤ Western NC: FEMA handed over keys for 27 trailers to people needing temporary housing, and it will also be installing 76 units across 11 counties to meet additional housing needs. (More)

➤ Raleigh: Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 382, calling it a “sham” because, he said, it doesn’t provide the necessary aid to western North Carolina. (See Details)

➤ Durham: Duke doctors are testing a new FDA-approved cancer treatment called pulsed electric field ablation on patients who have progressed through standard care. (More)

➤ Forsyth County: Over 100 school bus routes were impacted Monday due to a driver “walkout” that continued on Tuesday. (More)

➤ Statewide: Two Guilford County schools scored top rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s list of best public elementary and middle schools in North Carolina: Lincoln Academy (elementary) and Brown Summit Middle. (See Elementary and Middle Lists)

➤ Lake Lure: A new machine called the Morbark 6400XT Wood Hog is expediting Hurricane Helene debris cleanup. (See Photos)

➤ UNC will host NC State Saturday in Tar Heel head coach Mack Brown’s final home game. UNC is favored by a field goal. In another intra-state matchup that day, Wake Forest will host Duke as the Blue Devils look to remain undefeated against in-state ACC opponents. (More)

➤ Speaking of Duke, the men’s basketball team was inches away from heading to overtime against No. 1 Kansas as Duke freshman guard Kon Knueppel just missed a game-tying three-pointer. (Watch Video)

➤ Charlotte Hornets star Lamelo Ball has appeared on the team’s injury report with a minor wrist injury. He’s not expected to miss any time, but the team will continue to monitor his condition. (More)

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➤ Six Lowes home improvement stores served 500 Thanksgiving meals each Tuesday to around 12,000 residents impacted by Hurricane Helene. (More)

➤ Charlotte-based freight broker RXO will invest $13.7 million to expand its Ballantyne headquarters over the next few years in order to add 216 jobs and retain 890 existing jobs. (More)

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➤ A Guilford County man credits his dog Stella with saving his life by alerting him to a house fire. (Watch Report)

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