Or the regional Sub-Sheds. CMS is fiddling at the margins given the magnitude of the shortfall on the horizon. One gets the impression that CMS officials were actually shocked to find out that state budget numbers would not help matters for next year and that we are once again back at teacher layoffs.

Meanwhile, Wake County needs 33 new schools between now and 2020. This is quite a bit different that closing nine or 10 schools.