An Oct. 3 letter-writer criticized Wake County schools for missing the mark on 2009 enrollment forecasts, which were used as a basis for the 2006/07 bond referendum. Somehow (back in the day when the Dow was approaching 12,000, the school system was growing by 6,000 students per year and unemployment was half of what it is today), the school system was supposed to forecast our current recession and the effect it would have on student population growth.
Wow! That would have to be some crystal ball! I would have liked to borrow it, before my 401(k) took a nosedive.
Katherine Peele
