Today is the last day for CMS students to enter the lottery for coveted seats in the district's thirty-seven magnet programs. Most of the magnets will have long waiting lists. But there's one likely exception: Marie G. Davis Military and Global Leadership Academy.
Visions of boot camp and drills may keep many students away. But staff and students at Marie G. Davis say that's the wrong idea.
A morning at Marie G. Davis starts like you'd expect in a military academy. Before class it's formation in the gym for all the school's upper grades.
The Salisbury Symphony practicing. Photo: Marshall Terry
Saturday night the Salisbury Symphony is performing a concert. That's right, the Salisbury Symphony. The small town about 40 miles north of Charlotte has had its own professional orchestra for more than 40 years. And it was started by a sort of "Johnny Appleseed" of symphonies.
Samples for testing were taken from the drain. Photo: Julie Rose
The Charlotte Fire Department's HazMat team says tests of material taken from a storm drain on the lawn at Old City Hall were "inconclusive." But city officials still believe the drain was used as a toilet - possibly by participants of the Occupy Charlotte encampment that was evicted last week.
City Water Quality Manager Daryl Hammock says there was clearly human sewage in that storm drain when the Occupiers cleared out.
The Salisbury Symphony practicing. Photo: Marshall Terry
Saturday night the Salisbury Symphony is performing a concert. That's right, the Salisbury Symphony. The small town about 40 miles north of Charlotte has had its own professional orchestra for more than 40 years. And it was started by a sort of "Johnny Appleseed" of symphonies.
Samples for testing were taken from the drain. Photo: Julie Rose
The Charlotte Fire Department's HazMat team says tests of material taken from a storm drain on the lawn at Old City Hall were "inconclusive." But city officials still believe the drain was used as a toilet - possibly by participants of the Occupy Charlotte encampment that was evicted last week.
City Water Quality Manager Daryl Hammock says there was clearly human sewage in that storm drain when the Occupiers cleared out.
