🌱 Why Aversboro Elementary’s empty seats could soon start filling again

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• Why Aversboro Elementary’s empty seats could soon start filling again

Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
• Saturday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 81, low: 55.
• Sunday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Some Wake schools have empty seats. Can they persuade families to come back? (newsobserver.com) — Families in Garner are being urged to take a fresh look at Aversboro Elementary, where enrollment has dropped from about 600 students to under 400 and many classrooms now sit in trailers used for storage. School leaders say they’re slowly rebounding after pandemic losses and student reassignments, emphasizing small-school advantages, strong community support, and new hires aimed at boosting confidence in this high‑need, Title I campus.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kitten has been rescued!
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🗞 Nearby News

Knightdale

• Johnson Auto Body Explains Paint Matching Technology (norfolkdailynews.com)
• Is Wake losing the school choice battle? How the district competes for students (newsobserver.com)
• Man, woman charged with assault on woman with disabilities in Wake County (abc11.com)

Fuquay-Varina

• Wake County invites residents to attend Beyond the South Wake Landfill Study informational sessions (wake.gov)

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• UT Spartans baseball chases historic third straight Division II title (tampabay28.com)

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