– Page initiated Aug. 1, 2017 Levester Flowers is a candidate for election to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education District 3. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Oct. ... Continue Reading →
Charter: Strict discipline in halls, fun learning in classrooms
Aug. 1, 2017 LaToya Purvis and others involved in a new charter school on North Tryon Street are military veterans. They will call the school's youngsters "cadets." There will be pushups, but not suspensions, for out-of-line behavior. And the no-nonsense approach is designed to refocus children on ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum: Dance, KIPP, voc ed, Council, housing for all
Clockwise from top left: Blanche Penn’s grandchildren J' Nair and Yariah; KIPP Charlotte Principal Elizabeth Simpson; Damiko Faulkner; J.R. and Dr. Trasha Black; Pat Cotham; LaWana Mayfield. July 25, 2017 Today's Open Forum did what Open Forums nearly always do. It put out on the public table for ... Continue Reading →
Interim Health Department director outlines path forward
July 18, 2017 Standing on the recommendations of inside and outside program assessments, Interim Health Director Gibbie Harris on Tuesday laid out a tentative vision of how the department she has led for three weeks can escape the headlines and improve its services to the community. Elements ... Continue Reading →
Election 2017: Braxton Winston II
– Page initiated July 18, 2017 Braxton Winston II is an at-large candidate for Charlotte City Council. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Oct. 17, 2017 Aug. 22, ... Continue Reading →
August forum aims at boosting parent engagement at schools
July 11, 2017 Dr. Betty Howell Gray brought to the Forum today the work of educators who are committed to increasing parent engagement in local public schools. The local chapter of the National Alliance of Black School Educators has a forum coming up on Saturday, Aug. 12. The Q&A allowed ... Continue Reading →
Preserving, sharing the wisdom of the African Diaspora
June 20, 2017 A Sign of the Times is a performance group dedicated to "preserving the legacy of the African Diaspora through music, dance and the spoken word." It is Toni Tupponce's life work. In her presentation about the group's work, she highlighted efforts to engage young people to take the ... Continue Reading →
Planning for region’s 2045 transportation is already under way
June 20, 2017 Governments plan transportation projects way ahead of when the bulldozers roll, says Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization consultant Toni Tupponce. And when the bulldozers begin to roll, it's too late to have much impact on whether the project will be built, how ... Continue Reading →
A mission for better health, from the feet up
June 13, 2017 Manny Ohonme funded Samaritan's Feet in 2003 with his wife Tracie. The nonprofit puts shoes on children and adults who have ill-fitting shoes or, as often, none at all. The goal is protection against soil-transmitted diseases. Ohonme's Nigerian boyhood changed when he received a ... Continue Reading →
News on summer camps
June 6, 2017 Four items came up today about summer camps about to occur for area youth. A rundown: • • • YMCA 'Summer of Opportunity' City Council member Greg Phipps brought up the project to open three YMCA facilities for use exclusively by teens on Friday and Saturday nights between June 23 ... Continue Reading →
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