<p><strong><em>Hey y’all!</em></strong></p><p>Thank you so much for following along, sending emails, and sharing posts. After the WCPSS school board meeting last night, Wake County has dropped the proposed $18 million cuts to special education. Read more <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article315159091.html">here</a>. Watch my summary of the nearly five hour school board meeting below.</p><p>We have more work to do! Limited state budgets are not isolated to North Carolina, but we are hoping that Wake County can be a model for how to push back and do the right thing in the face of funding deprivation from the state and federal governments. </p><p>Listen in as my colleages Dr. Melanie McCabe, Dr. Matt Zakreski, and I share what we are happy about and thankful for about the meeting last night and what we feel comes next!</p><p><em>Let’s stay connected!</em></p><p><em>~Dr. Emily</em></p><p><em>Advocate for Public Schools at the North Carolina General Assembly</em></p><p><strong>What’s the big deal? </strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/stein-budget-legislature-nc-march-2026/">Learn more about the NC State Legislature not passing a budget since 2023</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://publicschoolsfirstnc.org/issues/leandro/">Learn more about Leandro here</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article315085479.html">Learn more about property tax loopholes here</a></p><p><em>Join Us to Advocate for Public Schools at the North Carolina General Assembly. On day one of the North Carolina General Assembly’s short session, we’re joining a large coalition of public-school advocacy groups to deliver a petition telling our legislators that we are done waiting! We are done waiting for them to pass a budget. We are done waiting for them to comply with the Constitution of the State of North Carolina. We are done waiting for them to fully fund our public schools and honor the Leandro Decision. We are done waiting for them to do right by our teachers, our school support staff, and our children! In this midterm election year, we can’t wait any longer. They must act or we will remember in November.</em></p><p><strong><em>I missed what this is all about! Watch below…</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>The next WCPSS Board Meeting to discuss the budget is Tuesday April 7th.</em></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/school-board">Read more about school board meetings here.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/school-board/locate-your-school-board-member">Look up your board member here and send them an email!</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/school-board">Read more about school board meetings here.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/school-board/locate-your-school-board-member">Look up your board member here and send them an email!</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://publicschoolsfirstnc.org/issues/school-vouchers/report-north-carolina-school-vouchers/">Learn more about private school vouchers here.</a></p><p><strong><em>About Dr. Emily</em></strong></p><p><strong>As a child psychologist, former school psychologist, and parent, I’ve spent the last two decades working with neurodivergent children and teens alongside their families and teachers.</strong></p><p>Our kids are complex. 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