County Commission Chairman Jennifer Roberts, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Chairman Eric Davis and representatives from area community organizations urged support for Get Real 2011 during today’s kick-off at Johnson C. Smith University. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman, Charlotte Chamber CFO Mike Manning, Charlotte NAACP President Rev. Kojo Nantambu and State senator Malcolm Graham along with representatives […]
If all goes as planned, the vote concerning Charlotte Mecklenburg School closings will be over tonight. I have grown tired of reading and hearing that these cuts are not rooted in race, class, or politics. If that be the case, then why are the cuts concentrated in African American, low income areas? Why not diversify […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.COM CMS School Superintendent Peter Gorman hinted at his strategy for closing schools in 2011-2012 on Wednesday. Gorman said he wouldn’t necessarily merge underfilled and underperforming schools. Creating one bigger school with lots of students below grade level would hurt their chances at success, he told the Charlotte Observer. Gorman has said for […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Tonight, Superintendent Peter Gorman will reveal his 2010-11 spending plan for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Don’t look for big surprises. He and the school board have spent two months hashing out options for budget cuts, from teacher layoffs to eliminating middle-school sports. But confusion and controversy are likely. Confusion, because budgeting for public education […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER After rejecting pay cuts and school closings, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board Tuesday pinned its 2010-11 budget-cutting hopes on the state legislature, hoping to get permission to furlough employees and tinker with the school calendar. The drastic measures discussed at the budget meeting would be on top of – or possibly instead of […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Despite a move by two board members to implement pay cuts for CMS staff, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted last night to begin the process of laying off 600 teachers. With heavy hearts, and tied-hands the board voted 6-3 to reduce the staff and cut pay for assistant principals in preparation for […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In the face of budget cuts in the coming fiscal year, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board will debate whether to layoff teachers or implement staff cuts during a board meeting tonight. Neither option will be easy to swallow. Layoffs could mean the loss of jobs for hundreds of teachers and larger classroom sizes […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In two separate stories, we hear good and bad news from CMS. The droprate is down here and across the state. However, school violence is rising at CMS. In the dropout news, the droprate among CMS students was 5 percent down from 5.9 percent in the previous year. In school violence news, […]
