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The ins and outs of the proposed CMS budget

Superintendent Crystal Hill (right) presents her 2024-25 budget plan to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board on Tuesday.
Ann Doss Helms
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Superintendent Crystal Hill (right) presented her 2024-25 budget plan to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board earlier this month.

Ahead of the Charlotte Mecklenburg School board's April 30 vote, we take you through CMS's proposed budget for next year.

It includes a bigger ask of Mecklenburg County than last year for things like employee raises, adding staff for new schools and covering ever-rising costs — plus, money to accelerate the move to higher hourly wages.

Superintendent Crystal Hill will be here with CMS’s chief financial officer to explain it all, along with WFAE's Ann Doss Helms to help answer your questions, on the next Charlotte Talks.

GUESTS:

Ann Doss Helms, WFAE’s education reporter
Dr. Crystal Hill, CMS superintendent
Kelly Kluttz, chief financial officer for CMS

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Sarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.