Announcements January 2011
The Forum was not scheduled to meet Jan. 4, and the Jan. 11 meeting
was cancelled due to snow.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
from Jan. 18, 2011:
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Sarah Stevenson announced that CMS officials have asked to present at the
Jan. 25 meeting on the school budget situation.
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Dr. Betty Howell Gray announced a free parent form on school reform, parent
engagement, turnaround schools and federal Race to the Top funds for
Saturday, march 19 at West Charlotte High School from 7:30 a.m-3 p.m..
Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Host and sponsor is the Greater
Charlotte Alliance of Black School Educators; another sponsor is the U.S.
Department of Education. Registration due Feb. 15. Download a PDF copy of
their mail-in registration form
here.
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Mary Klenz announced a League of Women Voters meeting Tuesday, Jan. 18 at
11:30 a.m. at the Park Road YWCA, 3420 Park Rd. Lunch is $15. Speaker is
N.C. Rep Martha Alexander on state redistricting.
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Ken Koontz suggested that school board members be asked to address the Forum
why Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was used as a snow make-up day.
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Richard McElrath sent in an announcement of a District 2 school board
meeting tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at Silver Mount Baptist Church,
501 W. Arrowood Rd., between I-77 and Nations Ford Road. Enter Fellowship
Hall at back of building. Hosted by Southwest Area Neighborhood Coalition.
Details: Virginia Keogh at 704-504-8365.
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Michael Sexton sent in an announcement of a UNCC School of Social work
half-day workshop on Friday, Feb. 18 on "Promoting Health Adolescent Peer
Relationships." The $40 registration fee goes to support a student-run
social work community grant-making class. Download a flyer
here.
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Michael Sexton sent in an announcement of a community drive to gather
emergency supplies for victims of human trafficking who are rescued in
Charlotte. More information is
here. For a TV14 news report on the subject, click
here.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS from Jan. 25, 2011:
The slides used by CMS planner Mike Raible at Tuesday's Forum is available
on the Forum website
here.
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Levester Flowers
announced that Save Our Schools will host a "countywide reconciliation
program" on Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 727 W.
Trade St. Proclamations by Mayor Anthony Foxx and County Commissioners
Chairman Jennifer Roberts are to be presented. Honored will be Sarah
Stevenson, Rev. Vernon Herron, the late Susan Burgess, Vicki Hamilton, Bob Davis and
Jesus Ministries' Maudia
Melendez. "We want to try to unify this community."
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Pam Grundy announced that Mecklenburg ACTS is seeking signatures on a
petition favoring "a strong, stable corps of teachers at all schools,"
access to comparable educational opportunities by all students "regardless
of neighborhood or family income," and "spreading the consequences of budget
cuts fairly across the community." Download a copy of the petition
here.
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Blanche Penn announced that at a parent meeting in Raleigh Monday night,
legislators made it clear that the legislative majority would lift the cap
on charter schools. "Trust and believe, that is going to happen."
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Brian Collier sent in an announcement that the CMS Investment Study Group
would share its findings and recommendations with the public at an event
scheduled for Monday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. at West Charlotte High School's
gymnasium at 2219 Senior Dr. RSVP by e-mail to [email protected].
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District 2 school board member Richard McElrath sent in an announcement of
upcoming District 2 information meetings on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at
Harding University High, 2001 Alleghany St., and Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
at West Meck High, 7400 Tuckaseegee Rd.
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The Forum welcomes all persons to its meetings
beginning at 8:30 a.m. most Tuesdays of the year
at the West Charlotte Recreation Center, 2401 Kendall Drive, Charlotte, NC
down the hill from West Charlotte High School.