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Some of this week's top stories from WFAE: Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are headed to formal mediation over a county budget that withholds millions of dollars from the district pending a detailed plan on improving educational outcomes for Black and Hispanic children, a planned (and since-canceled) event at Latta Plantation set for Juneteenth drew condemnation from public officials and a defense from the organizer, and lawmakers are closer to delaying municipal elections in some North Carolina cities because of delays in census data.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg sSchool board requested formal mediation Monday after talks with Mecklenburg County commissioners failed to resolve a funding dispute that centers on the county’s decision to temporarily withhold $56 million from the school system.
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Some of the week's top stories: The fight between Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over funding continued with the county adopting a budget that temporarily withholds millions of dollars from the school district, a Guatemalan father in North Carolina shares how he got four of his children into the U.S., COVID-19 vaccine administration in the state stalls, and the waning pandemic leaves mask makers with more supply than demand.
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Mecklenburg County commissioners have cited low-performing schools and persistent racial gaps on test scores when they voted to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They say they want to force CMS to produce a better school improvement plan. CMS leaders, meanwhile, have accused the county of mangling facts andtrying to take an oversight role that legally falls to the school board.
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Mecklenburg County commissioners approved a budget Tuesday night that includes withholding $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Separately, the commissioners voted to cut ties with Cardinal Innovations Healthcare.
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Some of the week's top stories: The Charlotte area looks back on the year since George Floyd was killed by police, North Carolina marks 1 million COVID-19 cases as residents mark the first holiday weekend with no major restrictions, and a three-part special examines the impact of the pandemic on a local elementary school.
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A private meeting Tuesday between leaders of Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools brought no progress on a dispute over the budget and school performance.
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Mecklenburg Commissioner Ella Scarborough is an icon in Charlotte politics, as the first Black woman elected to City Council. But several of her colleagues say she is struggling to participate in meetings and follow what's happening.
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Some of the biggest stories of the week: A prosecutor decided not to file charges against deputies in the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, there's controversy over a plan in Mecklenburg County's proposed budget, Charlotte's 2040 plan is closer to being passed, and we look at Bojangles Coliseum's history as its vaccine clinic is extended.
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County Commission Chair George Dunlap criticized Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Sunday during a forum hosted by the local Black Political Caucus. He attacked Superintendent Earnest Winston personally.