A committee appointed to lead Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ search for a new superintendent met for the first time Tuesday.

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.

Charlotte City Council hears from the public about a proposal to extend the ban on new data centers, six CMPD Officers are at risk of being fired in the wake of racist text messages, and weeks after CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill is fired, parents and others have the chance to sound off to the school board about that decision. Those stories and more with our roundtable of reporters.

Angry speakers told the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board Tuesday that they’re upset with the board’s surprise decision last month to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill, and some said the board members should have been the ones to go instead.

The invoice is for only $13,375, but it indicates yet another irregularity in a district grappling with questions over its finances.

Melissa Balknight will remain acting superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until a permanent replacement takes over, CMS announced Thursday.

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.

Michael Bryant said the county should wait for law enforcement to finish their investigations before asking CMS questions.

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.”

The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed Monday that they’re investigating Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, joining state agencies probing the district’s finances.