Fitzsimon File

2—number of days before the Wake County Board of Elections holds hearing about Clay Aiken’s vote in the school board race, called for by Wake GOP Chair Claude Pope after Aiken criticized the new board (Wake Ed Blog, 12/4/09)

2—number of days before the July 3 filing period for election began that District 9 member Debra Goldman closed on a house in District 9 while maintaining ownership of house in District 6 (Wake Board of Elections, Wake County real estate records)

31—number of magnet schools in Wake County (Wake County Schools’ Demographic Overview)

7—number of months since Wake School Board member Ron Margiotta tried to abolish magnet schools (News & Observer May 13, 2009)

8—number of motions and resolutions offered by the new majority of the Wake County School Board at its first meeting last Tuesday (Wake Ed Blog 12/01/09)

48—number of hours before board meetings that items are the agenda are required to be posted on the website according to board policies (Wake County Public School System Board Policy Series)

0—number of hours notice given to existing board members and public about the 8 resolutions (Wake Ed Blog 12/1/09)

0—number of copies of resolution to abolish current school assignment policy available to board members and general public while the board debated the resolution (Wake Ed Blog 12/1/09)

5—number of members that constitute a quorum under the state’s open meetings law (Wake County Public School System Policies)

5—combined number of members-elect and existing members of the board that admit meeting several times before Tuesday’s board meeting (WRAL-TV 12/2/09)

1—-rank of businessman Bob Luddy in contributions to the 2009 campaigns of new board members (Wake County Board of Elections campaign finance reports)

1—number of Wake County School Board members (Ron Margiotta) who serve on the Board of trustees of the Thales Academy, a for-profit private school owned by Luddy (Thales Academy news release, posted on Katy’s Conservative Corner January 14, 2008)

605—number of school districts in New Jersey, home state of Ron Margiotta, who has suggested breaking Wake Count School into several smaller districts (New Jersey Public Schools Fact Sheet)

115—number of school districts in North Carolina (N.C. Department of Public Instruction)

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