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Wake County schools are caught in a budget crunch after the state approved an eight percent teacher raise—far beyond their planned three percent—leaving a $17 million gap. To close it, leaders are considering painful cuts: slashing funding for already-struggling Restart Schools and scrapping a local teacher supplement that would save nearly $2 million. Parents are outraged, board members are divided—with the superintendent calling it a “good problem” and the chair warning these cuts could harm students and educators most. The board will debate next month, aiming to deliver raises by September with back pay and bonuses soon after—a tightrope walk between state mandates and local realities.

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