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Neighborhood split on bonds: For many in Cary's Preston Village, the issue comes down to year-round schools.
Byline: Todd Silberman
Nov. 2--CARY -- Wake school bond issues always have turned on questions of cost, taxes and trust. Yet in neighborhoods across fast-growing western Wake, the vote Tuesday also will be decided by a divisive and possibly pivotal issue: year-round schools. The well-tended lawns of Preston Village reveal few opinions in this sharp debate over the bond request. Campaign signs are scarce, yes or no. But behind closed doors, the residents in this neighborhood of spacious homes are dug in, often at odds with families down the street or next door. "There are a few things you don't talk about," said Lori Bush, a mother of two children in Wake schools. "Religion, politics and now also the school bond." Preston Village is the kind of place that usually supports school bonds. Many families have children in school, or younger ones who soon will be. School news fills several pages of the Village Voice, the newsletter of the homeowners'…
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