Wake Cares, Inc. v. Wake County Board of Education

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the North Carolina General Statutes require the Wake County Board of Education to obtain parental consent before assigning students to year-round calendar schools. Because the plain language of the statutes authorizes the creation and assignment to year-round calendar schools, we conclude the Board may assign students to year-round schools without parental consent, and we therefore affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

I. Background

The underlying facts of this appeal, as found by the trial court and recited by the…