This is excerpted from the Wake County Schools Email:
LARGE TURNOUT FOR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION MEETING
More than 250 Wake County teachers came to a meeting August 27 to get information about pursuing National Board certification. Superintendent Bill McNeal congratulated the teachers for pursuing teaching excellence. Assistant Superintendent Toni Patterson talked about the support teachers would receive from the school system and state in working for certification. 140 teachers from the Wake County Public School System earned National Board certification in 2002, the largest number of WCPSS teachers to earn the honor in the program’s eight-year history.

What a waste! See George’s report on Board Certification for more info.