Wake County teachers have serious concerns about the Wake County School Board and overwhelmingly disagree with the Board’s decision to end the school system’s diversity policy, according to a recent survey conducted on behalf of the members of the Wake County chapter of the N.C. Association of Educators.

By an 81 to 19 percent margin, the Wake County teachers surveyed said they disagreed with the Board’s decision to end the system’s longstanding diversity policy and listed it as the top problem facing the system.

In addition, 72 percent of teachers surveyed say the school system is headed in the “wrong direction” and 91 percent have a “negative or very negative” view of the School Board. By contrast, 93 percent of teachers surveyed have a “positive or very positive” view of the school where they teach.

The survey also revealed that a vast majority of teachers believe the diversity policy has had a positive impact on students’ academic achievement. Teachers also say diverse schools, rather than neighborhood schools, are the better choice for both students’ academic success and 95 percent agree that high poverty schools deserve more resources.

To read the questions and see the full survey conducted by HCM Marketing, click here.