Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

The North Carolina General Assembly’s short session starts Tuesday, and a proposal to cap property tax increases has Mecklenburg leaders on edge. Meanwhile, CMPD just dropped first-quarter crime stats and separate new data shows nearly half those arrested in last year's Charlotte Border Patrol operation had no criminal record. Also, after an overtime win on Tuesday, the Hornets face the Orlando Magic on Friday night, fighting for a final playoff spot.

Earlier this year, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools unveiled plans to overhaul its magnet lottery system. The district has spent the past few weeks holding community engagement sessions to gather feedback.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools formally presented its proposal to overhaul its school choice program at Tuesday night's school board meeting. Now, the school board will start the process of getting community feedback ahead of a potential vote in May.

North Carolina schools saw a decrease in crimes for the third year in a row, and saw the crime rate fall by about 8% to 7.43 incidents per 1,000 students

Congress recently passed a spending plan that would maintain funding levels for federal education programs that many school districts feared could get cut.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education voted to turn two pre-planned early release days — Feb. 11 and April 29 — into full instructional days.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will return to a regular schedule Thursday, ending a nearly two-week period of cancellations, remote learning days and delayed openings prompted by recent winter weather.

CMS will go remote again on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is weighing an overhaul of its magnet offerings, which would reduce the number of magnet themes from 16 to six.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is considering an overhaul of its magnet programs.