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?
Robin Webb
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WFAE
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lottery opens today as the district prepares significant changes to its magnet system.
Oliver Parini
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The Hechinger Report
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James Farrell/WFAECharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is weighing screen time limits in classrooms and will ask parents, teachers and students for their thoughts. The request comes after parents pushed for less tech in schools this year. -
Ann Doss Helms/WFAEParents have objected to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ plan to shift bell schedules to compensate for bus driver shortages. The district is slowing down to gather information and weigh options.
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A committee appointed to lead Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ search for a new superintendent met for the first time Tuesday. -
CMS board elections aren’t on the ballot this year. But they are in plenty of other counties in the Charlotte area, and some have plenty of financial and partisan drama. -
Board member Anna London chairs the new four-person committee. She says members will draw from past superintendent searches to establish a process and timeline. -
Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members who voted last month to retain former Superintendent Crystal Hill will make up the majority of the committee tasked with finding her successor.
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Some high school students at UNC School of the Arts will now have guaranteed admission to UNC-Chapel Hill. While the partnership is still in the early stages of development, officials are also exploring a possible student-exchange program between the universities and international study-abroad opportunities. -
Six Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools will become community schools in the 2027-28 school year. The model aims to get families more involved in their local public schools. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders were set to face county commissioners today amid multiple investigations into financial irregularities at the district. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board has updated its organizational chart and added it to its website, after a WFAE report noted that there was no readily available chart reflecting a series of organizational changes to legal and compliance functions that the board undertook earlier this year.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reviews whether changes to payroll program comply with state law. -
The NC Department of Public Instruction has a bold goal to boost public school enrollment. So far, there’s not been much movement.
