Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials will present a construction project priority list to other local officials Tuesday as they begin trying to build support for 2023 school bonds.
A letter from the attorney for former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston complains of actions the CMS board had taken that he says undermined Winston. The letter to the general counsel for the board reveals that Winston was asked to leave before he was fired, and reveals there were tensions dating back to at least late last year.
A week after firing Superintendent Earnest Winston, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board approved his $2 billion budget plan. The new interim leader will help them pitch it to county commissioners.
Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather says Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools can bring truancy cases to court, but the goal has never been jailing parents.