CMS: What Changes Will Come From November 9th Historic Vote?

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 Voting District Information and Election News

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 [...]

CMS Update, New Boundaries for Community House Middle

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 [...]

CMS Community Forums Scheduled, School Closure List Shrinks

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 [...]

Community House Middle Boundry Change?

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 [...]

School Resource Officers to Leave CMS?

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 [...]

What Changes Are On the Horizon For Schools In CMS, Ballantyne?

Ballantyne, NC – On September 10th,the morning breakfast meeting opened with a hot topic: C.M.S. Current District 6 School Board member Tim Morgan and former board member Ken Gjertsen were both in attendance to help sort out some of the new changes to C.M.S. Tim Morgan explained that the new proposed changes are [...]

CMS Schools of Concern List Includes 2 Ballantyne Schools

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 [...]