Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will have a remote school day for students Tuesday. CMS says instruction will be asynchronous, so students will work independently on assignments provided in advance, with assignments due the next school day. All before and after school programs are cancelled, with athletics and extracurricular activities to be rescheduled.

Families who entered the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools magnet lottery are beginning to receive results this week, but district officials say technical problems have caused confusion for some applicants.

Last week, we got new state enrollment data that raised eyebrows — it showed pretty sizable drops, both statewide at traditional public schools and right here at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

While masked agents drove around Charlotte in unmarked SUVs, parents became a visible force of activism and volunteerism.

Last week, students and educators shared stories of how schools across the district bore the weight of this past week’s immigration enforcement.

Parents and community volunteers have been seen standing at street corners near schools keeping watch for immigration enforcement while trying to offer a friendly face to students at drop off and dismissal.

The latest estimates from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools show more than 30,000 students were absent Monday, the first school day since Border Patrol deployed in Charlotte.

An anonymous post encouraged teachers statewide to call out of work sick Friday and Monday to protest low school funding and the lack of a state budget, which has left teachers without raises even as state health insurance premiums rise.

Six of nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education were up for grabs Tuesday. And the voters have spoken, choosing four new members.

School districts across the state are bracing for the possibility of teachers calling out sick to protest school funding Friday.