Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

After parents protested, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will not change the bell schedules at three CMS schools next year.

Kindergartners 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 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.

Parents 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.

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.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reviews whether changes to payroll program comply with state law.

Leadership changes and questions about how Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is governed have raised public concerns. We unpack the latest developments and explain what we know — and what we still don’t.

A proposed schedule change at the South Academy of International Languages is raising concerns among parents who say it could lead to long bus rides during rush hour.

A reorganization early this year raises new questions about what’s led to a leadership crisis at CMS and multiple investigations into alleged financial irregularities.

At the now-infamous Sept. 22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting, as the board voted to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill, board member Cynthia Stone said she believed the board was “creating our own problems.”