Wake school board will vote on a return to classrooms. How to watch tonight’s meeting.

The Wake County school board will hold a special virtual meeting tonight to discuss and vote on the return of in-person instruction.

The meeting will stream online Tuesday (Sept. 29) at 6 p.m. through the Wake County Public School System YouTube channel.

During the meeting, the board will vote on a plan to begin bringing students back for limited in-person classes on Oct. 26 with elementary students transitioning to daily, in-person classes Nov. 16.

School employees are apprehensive about the prospect of in-person instruction so soon. In surveys, principals in particular say they don’t want to bring students back before January.

School leaders say they are trying to balance the concerns of employees with those of parents who say that their children need to be back in school because online learning isn’t working for them.

The best way to tune in to the discussion is through the Wake County Public School System YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/WakeCountySchools.

The meeting will stream live starting at 6 p.m.

This story was originally published September 29, 2020 at 12:08 PM.