Oh, don't worry. It will be your turn soon.

If any of you are sitting on the sidelines thankful that this whole merger mess doesn't effect you or your child's school, get ready - your turn may come next year.

One startling note not discussed in the News of Orange County's article about the release of preliminary school performance data, was the fact that in addition to Central and Efland-Cheeks elementary schools, four other schools in the Orange County School District failed to meet their AYP goals.

According to the Raleigh News & Observer's coverage of the release, "New Hope Elementary School as well A.L. Stanback, C.W. Stanford and Gravelly Hill middle schools did not meet AYP standards this year."

While only students at CES and Efland-Cheeks will be offered transfers to better performing schools this year, they will likely be joined by others in the coming years. Because, according to the Durham Herald Sun, next year it will be even tougher to make AYP goals because the bar in both math and reading will be raised.

Diane Villwock of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools gives us all an indication of what to expect in the coming years.

"I don't think that anybody in the district can do what they did in 2006-07 and make the standard in 2007-08," Villwock said. "If we do the same thing we've always done, we're not going to be very happy next year."

So, if you think the current discussions about HES, CES and Efland-Cheeks don't involve you, you may be right - but probably not for long.