A superintendent suspended, reinstated, then fired. Key executives departing. Board chair leaves position. Now, joint financial and oversight investigations by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office. How did Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools get here?
James Farrell
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WFAE
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.
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Ann Doss Helms/WFAECharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders were set to face county commissioners today amid multiple investigations into financial irregularities at the district. -
James Farrell/WFAEThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board has updated its organizational chart and added it to its website, after a WFAE report noted that there was no readily available chart reflecting a series of organizational changes to legal and compliance functions that the board undertook earlier this year.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reviews whether changes to payroll program comply with state law. -
The NC Department of Public Instruction has a bold goal to boost public school enrollment. So far, there’s not been much movement. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board says it will create a working group charged with implementing recommendations that came out of its two-month investigation into former Superintendent Crystal HIll. -
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. -
A proposed schedule change at the South Academy of International Languages is raising concerns among parents who say it could lead to long bus rides during rush hour. -
The invoice is for only $13,375, but it indicates yet another irregularity in a district grappling with questions over its finances.
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The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has issued a cease-and-desist order for a Salisbury driving school. -
With cost of diesel fuel hitting records, school districts across North Carolina are reckoning with how they’ll afford to keep buses going. -
Melissa Balknight will remain acting superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until a permanent replacement takes over, CMS announced Thursday. -
The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute on Wednesday released the Carolinas Regional Explorer, which looks at how residents view their lives.
