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Over the last couple of years, public records requests filed by non-journalists have surged in government bodies across the country, including in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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Some of North Carolina’s top leaders in business, politics, education and philanthropy gathered in Raleigh on Monday to push for more focus on creating a skilled labor force. They said that includes providing more young adults with credentials aligned with employer needs.
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That’s $10 million dollars more than what the county manager had recommended and $10 million less than what the CMS board requested.
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Superintendent Earnest Winston is slowly revealing his plan to make Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools safer. Some of his predecessors made bold moves that didn't work.
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Superintendent Earnest Winston said the new hires will take on the responsibility of investigating student complaints, and relieve school administrators of those responsibilities.
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Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 6-2 on Wednesday in support of County Manager Dena Diorio's plan to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until it presents a detailed plan on how to close achievement gaps among students.
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A federal jury has awarded $10.5 million to a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student who says he was assaulted by a band director at West Charlotte High School in 2011 according to multiple reports.
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This past week: Outrage grew in Elizabeth City — along with national attention — over the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County deputies, especially after a judge delayed the public release of body camera footage in the case. A mass shooting in the Boone area left a married couple, two sheriff's deputies and the suspected gunman dead. North Carolina earned a 14th U.S. House seat after the 2020 census. And Apple picks the Raleigh area for its East Coast campus.
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A school discipline bill in front of the North Carolina House has revived debate over school discipline, racial equity and dropout prevention.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members said Monday that the district's central offices made a series of mistakes in rolling out survey questions…