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Some of the week's top stories: The fight between Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over funding continued with the county adopting a budget that temporarily withholds millions of dollars from the school district, a Guatemalan father in North Carolina shares how he got four of his children into the U.S., COVID-19 vaccine administration in the state stalls, and the waning pandemic leaves mask makers with more supply than demand.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles declined to say whether she supports Mecklenburg County's decision to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The county wants CMS to present a detailed plan for closing achievement gaps between white and Asian students and Black and Hispanic students.
Mecklenburg County commissioners have cited low-performing schools and persistent racial gaps on test scores when they voted to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They say they want to force CMS to produce a better school improvement plan. CMS leaders, meanwhile, have accused the county of mangling facts andtrying to take an oversight role that legally falls to the school board.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says schools should be open in-person, five days a week in the coming academic year.