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Last night, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Acting Superintendent Dr. Melissa Balknight released a statement to media: “We recognize that recent events and the public conversations surrounding the district are important to our families, employees and community. CMS is fortunate to have a strong team of experienced leaders and dedicated staff who continue to move our work forward every day. Across our schools and district, our focus remains on teaching and learning, student safety, and providing the services and support our students and families deserve.”
According to the NC Tribune:
“N.C. Department of Public Instruction officials say they are ‘monitoring the situation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ as the controversy around the school board and now-former Superintendent Crystal Hill unfolds.
Via spokesman Philip Jackson, they stressed they ‘cannot comment on any investigations being conducted by outside organizations or parties.’
But they also clarified that DPI, or more specifically the State Board of Education, does in fact have powers similar to the Local Government Commission’s to step in if things get out of hand.
State law requires it to warn school boards and order remediation if they ‘willfully or negligently’ fail or refuse to follow the laws and rules that govern their financial affairs.
If they persist in breaking them, the State Board can ‘assume control of the financial affairs’ of a school district and have its own choice of an administrator take charge.”
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Filling the gaps after Helene. Volunteer groups have stepped up across the NC mountains over last 2 years.
In many Western NC communities devastated by Helene, volunteer organizations have helped bring relief while government funding has been slow. Read the rest
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