The district is preparing to start transporting almost 90,000 students.
When it comes to bus drivers, the district says it's turning the corner. There are now 605 drivers compared to 560 for the 2022-2023 school year.
"Buses were coming home two hours late," said Wake parent Yasmine Brown. "Hopefully, they have more people working to get kids home on time and that can accommodate parents because sometimes you got to take off work so you can go pick your kid up from school or even be waiting at the bus stop."
The district is also looking to make changes to how it responds to emergencies.
Wake wants to move to the Standard Response Protocol, which is currently being used by other school districts in the state and on the national level.
Code Yellow and Code Red are currently used if something happens near a school or on campus property. There's also Code Green once the emergency is clear.
WCPSS Security Director Kendric Scott says the current system can be confusing for parents and Wake wants to move to a simpler system with easy-to-understand language.
He gave an example. In the scenario, a suspect who committed a crime in the school's town came onto campus.
"Our old system, we call Code Red, because now the threat is on our property or could even be in the building right now. New protocol, we'll call that a lockdown, instead of telling you a color to do," said Scott.
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The Wake County School Board has already discussed the changes in closed session and is expected to vote on the measure at tonight's board meeting.