We’ve documented how Wake County (Raleigh) is making a real mess of its public schools. (See here, here, here, and there’s more where that came from, too.) Just a few weeks ago we noted that the district’s school board—by taking to court parents who don’t want their children to attend year-round schools—was acting in a way that will only alienate and offend its customers.

Now, we learn, the board has been forced to reverse its decision:

The board took this action in response to a state Supreme Court action last week that blocked a Court of Appeals ruling that eliminated the need for parental consent to send children to year-round and modified-calendar schools.