Recent arrests in the Charlotte area, including one adult who sold fentanyl-laced pills to high school students, show only part of the problem, parents say.
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“Girls still don’t feel heard, seen and taken seriously,” said Michelle Meggs, executive director of the Women + Girls Research Alliance at UNC Charlotte.
As the current school year winds down, the North Carolina Board of Education got its annual report on school calendars for the coming year. It shows that 15 districts in a dozen counties, with a total of almost 177,000 students, have decided to ignore the state law that requires them to start classes “no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26.”