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RALEIGH – Wednesday night was the third of five public hearings on Wake County Schools' student assignment plan for next year. The hearing was held at Southeast Raleigh High School, which is one of the areas most impacted by reassignments next year.

The hearing looking more like a pep rally with cheering and standing ovations. More than 200 people were there to talk to school board members about student assignment. Some talked about proposed changes next year.

However, most talked about the board's changes to the student assignment policy, which moves away from student diversity in favor of neighborhood schools.

That plan didn't get any support from the predominantly minority community.

“The board is sending unethical and morally reprehensible messages to poor children and children of color. It's telling them that they are inferior and you belong in inferior schools that we don't want you anywhere near our schools and you're not worthy of coming into our communities and into our schools,” said Wake County resident Jason Langberg.

The Wake School Board hopes to finalized next year's student assignment policy by next month.