Natalie and Nick Foy
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Parents who sued the North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators over remote classes in September have been ordered to pay $11,620 to cover legal fees for the teachers' groups.
Nancy Pierce
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Nancy Pierce
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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Alexander Schimmeck/UnsplashThe North Carolina High School Athletic Association would be replaced by a proposed state commission to oversee interscholastic public school sports in a measure unveiled Tuesday in a legislative committee. -
UNC Chapel Hill has received a $12.5 million gift to start a clinical treatment program for veterans and first responders with traumatic brain injuries. It's being funded through money from a foundation started by actor Gary Sinise, a longtime advocate for military service members and veterans perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Dan in "Forest Gump."
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is one of many school systems across America where parents are debating the concept of critical race theory. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, wonders what we should call the lessons learned from the history of our local schools. -
Mecklenburg County and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will pay $25,533 to the lawyer who mediated their recent budget dispute.
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For most of the summer, county officials and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board battled over the district's plan to end racial disparities in student achievement. On Wednesday, the school board started charting new data and goals.
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At Tuesday night’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting, new principal appointments were approved. So was the renewal of principal contracts. But left off the list was the approval of embattled Myers Park High School principal Mark Bosco. CMS called it an administrative oversight because while Bosco is still employed, he is on leave.
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The Union County school board voted unanimously Tuesday to make face coverings optional for students and employees as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board unanimously approved an academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year Tuesday.
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North Carolina Republicans are moving forward with a bill that defines what teachers can and can't say about race and racism in classrooms. State Senate leader Phil Berger teachers would be prohibited from compelling students to personally adopt a list of 13 beliefs.
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A group of concerned students and parents gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center on Tuesday to protest the handling of allegations of sexual assaults at Myers Park High School.
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Dozens of speakers packed the Government Center on Tuesday to tell the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board how they do and don’t want schools to deal with racism. Some warned against teaching critical race theory in K-12 schools, while others said they support diversity, inclusion and anti-racism.
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South Carolina State University has fired its president after a steep enrollment decline over the past decade.
