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1/7/2026

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Meet the innovator who launched the Charlotte area’s first trade high school

by Kristen Blair |

In 2023, following years of planning, Jennifer Nichols helped launch Aspire Trade High School in Huntersville. A public charter school, Aspire is also the first trade high school in the Charlotte area. The school was founded by the Aspire Carolinas Foundation, which also established The Halton...

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The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.

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