Thousands of CMS parents sign letter to governor asking for choice to send kids to in-person learning
N.C. parents calling on state to allow in-person learning By Paige Pauroso | January 21, 2021 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 8:24 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Thousands of North Carolina parents are waiting on a response from Governor Cooper after they signed a letter, asking him to reinstate in-person learning.
Four groups representing four major school districts in North Carolina, including Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, came together to write the letter. Thousands of parents are represented.
Part of the letter reads “NC educators and NC families have been increasingly concerned with the significant class failure rates, decreased class attendance rates, and emotional/mental health of our children who have become isolated, are not participating in sports, and are not receiving a solid education that will prepare them for college and the remainder of their life.”
Mecklenburg County s most recent community spread numbers.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is scheduled to reopen all schools for in-person classes next week, for the first time since March. Tuesday night the school board will decide whether it’s safe to move ahead.
Parents and teachers on both sides of the issue are impassioned; more than 30 are signed up to speak at the board meeting. And both sides have troubling data to bolster their views.
In early December the CMS board voted to keep all students learning remotely for the first two weeks of class in January. That was to let officials see what community spread of COVID-19 looked like after winter break.
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Halle Jones Capers decided this is a great time to start her own business.
Capers, with a strong background in civil engineering and long active in Akron-area community organizations and events, just formed Halle s Engineering & Design LLC. It s the first minority female-owned firm of its kind in Akron. ( First has been a theme in her life.)
She of course wants her fledgling civil engineering consulting business, which has offices in Akron, to succeed. She also wants to serve as an example and inspiration to other people of color.
I want more Halles. I want more Halles in the room, Capers said.