A superintendent suspended, reinstated, then fired. Key executives departing. Board chair leaves position. Now, joint financial and oversight investigations by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office. How did Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools get here?
Ann Doss Helms
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WFAE
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is challenging the state’s 1.5 million public school students to read 10 million books next year.
Center on Reinventing Public Education
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Courtesy/Cabarrus County SchoolsKindergartners at some Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elementary schools are getting an hour of play for kindergarteners every day as part of a pilot program this school year. Now, the parents who pushed for it want to expand it from nine schools to the whole district. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsA student brought a weapon Thursday onto the campus of Julius Chambers High School.
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CMS plans to reopen Elbert Edwin Waddell High School as a comprehensive high school and open a new middle school on Stumptown Road — which will affect other schools’ attendance boundaries. -
The state Board of Education is considering nearly $800 million in funding requests for schools — not including teacher pay raises — ahead of next year’s budget cycle. -
Public school advocates say they worry what the new tax limits will mean for public schools, which they say are already underfunded. -
North Carolina school districts report they would need nearly $18 billion to cover all of their facility needs. That's up nearly $5 billion since five years ago. -
The General Assembly will reconvene in November, and state education officials will ask lawmakers to help school districts pay for increasingly expensive diesel fuel for buses. -
The chimney swift is a gray bird with a penchant for brick masonry. Many of them like to spend their nights near old CMS buildings — creating an unexpected conservation battleground. -
Democrats won all three contested seats on the Cabarrus County school board Tuesday, reflecting the party's wins down the ballot in a historically Republican-dominated county. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lottery opens today as the district prepares significant changes to its magnet system. -
Colleges are trying to transform an admissions process that has often been daunting, secretive and stressful into an experience that's open, easier — and downright friendly. -
Change is guaranteed on the Cabarrus County school board this year. Six candidates are running for three seats, and two of the three incumbents declined to seek reelection.
