Wayne county board of education

The Wayne County Board of Education made progress on the construction of the new Meadow Lane Elementary building at its special called session Tuesday, and made changes to its representation on the Wayne Community College Board of Trustees.

The Wayne County Board of Education voted Monday night to install six mobile classroom units at Tommy's Road Elementary, reversing its own prior decision to seek other methods of combating overcrowding.

 At-Large Rep. Raymond Smith Jr. voted against it. 

The Wayne County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to begin the process of redistricting parts of the school system.

At-Large Rep. Raymond Smith Jr. said that the path to fighting overcrowding begins with the district honoring its own policies. The board voted earlier this year to stop all future transfers to over-capacity schools, which was already the policy as-written. In practice, school administrative staff had allowed parents to move their children even when the schools hit capacity.

Smith said that redistricting should be used as a tool to achieve socio-economic parity between districts. 

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 But, in Smith & Co.'s defense, there cannot be all talk and no action. 

Wayne County school board member Raymond Smith took more than five minutes Monday night reflecting on his two years in the at-large seat on the threshold of being sworn in to the House District 21 seat.

 Smith challenged the board to "do what's right for children" and said it is their responsibility to do so.