In voting to create the Merger Study Group, Orange County School Board chairman Dennis Whitling endorsed forcing parents with children districted to Central Elementary into a year-round schedule against their will. At that time he said:
"We as board members should be willing to look into ideas and do the research and be able to come to the best decision we can for all the students." (Durham Herald-Sun, 3/20/2007)
However, his view of year-round scheduling was very different 6 months TO THE DAY earlier. At that time, he felt year-round scheduling was purely a parental decision.
"Personally, I am not willing to force a year-round school because I believe that is a parental choice," Whitling said. "It would be a different issue if we had a long waiting list at the year-round elementary schools, but we don't seem to have that." (DTH, 9/20/2006)
What has changed Dennis? Are parents no longer important in deciding what happens with their children, or is it just the parents of CES students?
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