In a heated race mainly centered around socioeconomic diversity, Deborah Prickett was declared the District 7 winner in her bid for the Wake County Board of Education. Prickett unofficially garnered 6,621 votes while her opponent, Karen Simon, had 3,657 votes.

Chris Malone took the District 1 seat on the board and Debra Goldman in District 9 won over Debra Nixon by 1,369 votes.

In the District 2 race, John Tedesco had the lead over incumbent Horace Tart by 1,746 votes, however, he lacked the majority of votes that would rule out a runoff in November. Opponent Cathy E. Truitt had 1,560 votes which gave her a 59 vote lead over Tart.

Wake often buses students in order to not go over 40 percent of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. To maintain that percentage, the school system reassigns students each year.

Supporters of the policy have constantly said they're afraid area schools will become segregated if the plan is thrown by the wayside.

Prickett, Malone, Goldman and Tedesco stated they were willing to change the district's student assignment policies to favor neighborhood schools. Truitt is also a supporter of neighborhood schools.

Prickett mailed a flyer to residents in District 7 stating, "As a parent who has personally experienced the sacrifice and stress of an unstable school environment and constant reassignment for so called 'healthy schools' sake, I feel that change in the current Board of Education vision is crucial. 'Healthy students' should be our focus."

In a controversial You Tube video titled The Truth About Wake County Schools, the Wake Schools Community Alliance group alleged that Wake County Schools were not delivering the quality education that area children need.

The group further stated that less than 54 percent of economically disadvantaged students graduate and the overall percentage for high school students graduating was at 78.6, a figure that has declined for four straight years.

While 1,500 teaching positions have been eliminated, with many not being re-hired, no senior management positions have been cut back, according to the video. They also accused the school board of continuing to waste resources.

The group endorsed candidates Chris Malone, John Tedesco, Deborah Prickett and Debra Goldman.