Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
As we approach the end of another school year, a conversation with CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill. She recently recommended a $2.1 billion budget, meaning they might soon ask the county commission for nearly $699 million — about $31.1 million more than last year — despite a frozen state budget and federal cuts. How is she navigating it all?
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WFAE/FileGaston County Commissioners voted Tuesday to transfer $10 million from its fund balance to Gaston County Schools, after the school district revealed it was facing a $10 million hole in its current budget. -
Elvis Menayese/WFAEMore than 2,000 students are gathering in the Belk Theater in uptown Charlotte over three days for performances and reviews that give them a taste of Broadway.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill has recommended a $2.1 billion budget — including a $1.97 billion operating budget — for the 2026-27 school year. -
New research shows that schools are making progress in recovering from the pandemic, but still not enough, and the results vary. -
According to the latest report on system enrollment, there were about 10% more full-time equivalent students last fall compared to the fall of 2019. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is moving toward adopting its 2026-27 budget, even as the lack of a statewide spending plan continues to create uncertainty. -
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife, Nicole Tepper, are donating $250,000 to UNC Charlotte to support women’s athletics at the university.
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The Royals will play their first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament game when they take on No. 2 seed Purdue in the first round. To talk more about how Queens got to this big moment, the school’s Director of Athletics, Cherie Swarthout, joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry. -
After the threat of severe weather closed Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on Monday, the district says it still doesn’t plan to use any make-up days or reschedule missed instructional time. -
Math I was the focus of last week’s CMS school board meeting, giving us the latest look at progress toward the goal. -
Middle and high school basketball players from North and South Carolina recently gathered at the historic Second Ward High School Gymnasium in uptown Charlotte for a showcase that blended competition and education. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education is moving to formally dissolve its Office of Compliance and Ethics, which was created in 2019 after the ousting of two superintendents in five years and scrutiny over a contract under former Superintendent Clayton Wilcox.
