Free Teen Technology Center Is Setting Local Teens Up For Success
McCrorey YMCA Best Buy Teen Tech Center provides opportunity for local teens to explore a future careers in technology
Governor Cooper Proclaims March 2024 As Students@Work℠ Month
Middle school students to participate in career awareness programs across North Carolina.
Katie Blessing Center To Set A New Standard For North Carolina As The State’s Largest And Most Advanced Youth Behavioral Health Hospital
Starmount Healthcare Management proudly unveils plans for Katie Blessing Center, a new pediatric and adolescent behavioral health hospital focusing on individualized, comprehensive care for children ages 5 - 18.
All-Girls STEM Academy Coming Soon to Charlotte
The STEM gender gap is getting smaller, but men still outnumber women three-to-one when it comes to getting a degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. One local woman is going big to shrink it further.
CMS Teacher Highlighting Need For More Black Male Teachers And Representation
For 17 years Paul Brown has been making an impact in the classroom, but he's one of a small group of black male teachers.
Gun Found At Rocky River High School
An investigation is underway after a student was found with a gun on the Rocky River High School campus, according to CMS.
North Carolina's Public System Will Require Colleges To Get OK Before Changing Sports Conferences
The board overseeing North Carolina’s public university system will require schools to get approval to change athletic conferences, which most notably could impact any potential move by Atlantic Coast Conference members North Carolina and North Carolina State.
Governor Cooper Announces Grants To Public Schools To Expand School Breakfast
Governor Roy Cooper announced $1.3 million in grants to 42 public school districts and public charter schools across North Carolina to expand access to healthy school breakfast for more than 51,000 students.
TikTok Teacher Highlighting Importance Of Black Male Teachers
He's also using his platform to highlight an important topic – the need for more black men in the classroom.
School Dress Codes Promote Discipline. But Many Black Students See Traces Of Racism
For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities.
CMS Responds To Offensive Door Decorations At A Charlotte High School
A picture is going around social media that shows two doors at West Charlotte High School. One door is labeled "colored entrance", the other door is labeled "white entrance". Above is a sign that is labeled "Sears Department Store 1930".
Charlotte Mom Questions CMS Response To Daughter Being Bullied And Attacked
A Charlotte mother says the school system is failing her daughter after months of being bullied and attacked at David Cox Rd Elementary.
Belmont Abbey College Announces Capital Campaign Success And New Goal Of $150 Million
Today, Belmont Abbey College celebrates its achievement of reaching the Made True capital campaign goal of $100 million, two years ahead of the original timeline.
Local Government Commission Approves $2.5B Bond For CMS
Mecklenburg County voters approved a massive $2.5 billion bond package for school construction with 63% in favor of a public referendum on November 7, 2023.
CMS Losing Federal Funding For The 2024-2025 School Year
The budget plan currently will cut 190 million dollars, 60 million of that being attached to people.
CMS May Cut Positions As The Expiration Of A Pandemic Relief Fund Approaches
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill and the CMS leadership team are planning for the expiration of $190 million in ESSER funding which has supported the district during and after the Covid 19 pandemic.
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