CMS Board

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education voted to approve the 2025-26 budget. Though, after debate in recent weeks over whether the district should pursue a higher increase to the teacher salary supplement, the vote was split.

A tight budget cycle driven by a loss of federal pandemic relief money and uncertainty at the local, state and federal level is forcing Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schools to tighten its belt.

CMS Board of Education members are continuing to sound the alarm about possible cuts to Medicaid, school lunches and other federal programs. Six of the board's 10 members spoke out in a video posted Wednesday.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education released a statement Monday evening amid growing concerns over potential immigration enforcement actions.

Last month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools unveiled a new plan to help link teachers to affordable housing. Administrators hope it will help retain and recruit new teachers amid statewide shortages.

More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools K-2 students are meeting literacy benchmarks early this school year. But administrators say the district is still lagging behind the rates needed to meet the district’s early literacy goals.

Lucy Silverstein is the new student advisor on the school board, a non-voting member who represents the student body on the board.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board set a new goal for the district at Tuesday's meeting after collecting more than 60,000 pieces of data to determine how to best track students' readiness post-graduation.

The plan was to turn the middle college programs for 11th and 12th graders at four Central Piedmont Community College campuses into early college programs that include ninth and 10th graders as well.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board will consider adding new language to its harassment policy that would protect staff and students from harassment on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.