CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education started its new term tonight by electing their leadership team for the next 12 months. Stephanie Sneed was elected Chair of the Board. Gregory ‘Dee’ Rankin was elected Vice Chair. Their terms begin immediately and last until the Board’s regular meeting on December 10, 2024.
Sneed was elected to represent District 4 in November 2022 and served as Vice Chair of the Board for the past year. Rankin was elected to represent District 3 in November 2022. For the past year he served as Chair of the Board’s Student Outcomes Focused Governance Committee.
After the vote Sneed said, “I am very grateful that my colleagues on the Board trust me with this critical role over the next year. I’m confident Dee and I will be a great team as we continue to work on behalf of the more than 140,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
Rankin commented, “I really appreciate the Board electing me to be the Vice Chair. I am honored to serve in this role to support the BOE.”
In other action the Board approved their meeting calendar for 2024. Per Board Bylaw B-BEA, the Board will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month except for July, November, and December when the Board only meets the second Tuesday. Tonight’s vote kept with that guidance except for the first meeting in June. That meeting was scheduled for Thursday, June 6th to accommodate graduations occurring the following week.
Superintendent Crystal Hill announced at Tuesday’s meeting that Jigna Patel is the new principal of Ballantyne Elementary School. Patel holds master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and from Wingate University. She previously served as the Principal at Lake Wylie Elementary and the Principal Intern at Pineville Elementary.
