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Ballantyne, NC – Is there pressure on the schools to teach the children? Is C.M.S just throwing money at the school problems? The C.M.S. Board of Education draws the lines for which students attend which specific schools. District 6 C.M.S. Representative Tim Morgan reminded all that the magnet schools were created to alleviate [...]
Due to the unusual ice and snow, the C.M.S. Board Meeting was held at an earlier time of day. On January 11th, the 2:00 pm meeting was full of the new proposed deep cuts. There were twenty public speakers present. Several spoke about saving The Collinswood Elementary Magnet Program. Even more spoke [...]
CMS operating on normal schedule Jan. 14
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will operate on a normal schedule Friday, Jan. 14. Friday will also be the first day of EOC exams. All school, athletic, after school enrichment programs and all community use of schools events will run as scheduled. Share this: [...] 288 CMS teachers received 2010 National Board Certification
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 16, 2010 – The National Board for Professional Teacher Standards (NBPTS) has announced that 288 CMS teachers have earned National Board Certification this year—the largest number of new certifications in the district’s history. According to NBPTS, North Carolina has 2,277 newly-certified [...] What will be cut in this new budget cycle? C.M.S. District 6 School Board Member Tim Morgan was happy to answer questions about this budget. Friday, November 19th, the C.M.S. Board of Education had their first meeting about the budget for 2011-2012. The board has been told to brace for millions in [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The November 12th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming dinner zoning meeting for the city council. This zoning meeting is a short meeting. Childress/ Klein constructed a building in the South Park Mall Area in 1953. This building is now being remodeled by the city. Piedmont Town Center [...]
Charlotte, NC – What really is going on with the Butler High School Football Team? There have been three team members arrested since May 2010. C.M.S. District 6 Board Member Tim Morgan explained that the football coach is Mike Newsome. Mr. Morgan went on to say that he would “hope we would [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The first Monday of the month is traditionally the ‘workshop’ mode for the city council. The breakfast meeting on October 29th opened with talk of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee meeting this next Monday. ‘Workshop’ meetings are a ‘preview’ of the topics soon coming to the board. The University [...]
By: Susan J. Spaulding Public Policy Writer Recent CMS community meetings have Last week two people were arrested at a C.M.S. public meeting. This happened at the October 12th public forum on school closings. Were these arrests necessary? C.M.S is near the end of a cycle of seven regional public forums. These [...] CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 4, 2010 – Six schools were removed from the list of 78 facing a wide range of changes during a work session of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education Oct. 4. The works session was part of the Board’s comprehensive review of the district that began in June. With seven [...] Ballantyne, NC – This week has been a study in tragedies of police families. Demeatrius Montgomery was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder this week. Also this week was the capture and arrest of Michael Harvey. He was with Valerie Hamilton just before her death. Valerie Hamilton is the daughter [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Will the new tree ordinance impact the carbon footprint of the city? The September 24th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming Monday night dinner meeting for the city council. First on the agenda is the design/build concept for the ‘McAlpine Water Treatment Plant Filter Upgrade Project’. This is [...]
Ballantyne, NC – While the spring and summer are traditionally the busy months for home buyers, there is usually a second wave in September and October as buyers make the final push before we enter the holiday season and all of the busy events that go along with it.
Although demand is still [...] Ballantyne, NC – Guiding principles applied in preliminary list of schools, Board of Education asks staff to continue to develop framework for improving schools
The guiding principles developed by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education during the summer got their first application Sept. 7 in a work session, as CMS staff presented a [...] |
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