On the eve of a citizen vote on a sales tax hike that could boost teacher pay, Supt. Heath Morrision addressed the Forum, leaving his pitch for consideration of the sales tax question to the end. Before he got there, he had: – Led a moment of silence for West Charlotte High School Football Coach ... Continue Reading →
John Crawford on Charlotte Housing Authority Scholarship Fund
John Crawford founded the Charlotte Housing Authority Scholarship Fund in 1983. Their website is here. ... Continue Reading →
Depression: Breaking the Silence
At a young age, Travis Gilliam had a dream of being in radio, and through hard work and a guiding mentor, he's a popular personality on "The No LImit Larry & The Morning Maddhouse" show on WPEG-FM's Power98 radio. But Gillliam, pictured above right, was at the Forum Tuesday to talk about the ... Continue Reading →
CMS re-examines its approach to student discipline
Very high numbers of student suspensions last year, along with evidence that the same student behavior can be met with widely different disciplinary measures from school to school, appears to have launched a major effort within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on discipline. One piece is already in ... Continue Reading →
Graduation rate increase predicted for West Charlotte
Glenn Burkins reported this story for QCityMetro from the Forum today. Read it here. The graduation rate at West Charlotte High School will show another leap when state figures are released next month, according to a Project LIFT spokeswoman. Speaking at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum, Denada ... Continue Reading →
Daisy Spears Stroud, 1921-2014
By Claire Williams | The Charlotte Observer A community activist who saw race relations in the country change from inside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County school system died Wednesday. Daisy Spears Stroud, known as Miss Daisy, was 92. Stroud was born in the middle of the deeply segregated ... Continue Reading →
Commonwealth High Charter
Thomas Hanley made a presentation today about Commonwealth High School, a public charter school scheduled to open next month at 5112 Central Ave., near the former Eastland Mall site. According to Hanley, the school will open with fewer than 200 students (a bid request out of Nashville specified ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum: Parents and Education
Speakers fault parents, doubt state will educate all children A comment about how children at a summer camp are mostly there for math remediation set off an entire Forum focused on how the community can do a better job of ensuring that all children get a good education. There seemed to be ... Continue Reading →
Lee Thompson Young Foundation
“We can create a movement for change, a movement in consciousness. a movement in the way that we think, so that together we can change the story about mental health and wellness.” – Velma Love Bipolar disorder struck Velma Love's family more than a decade ago. Her son Lee was diagnosed. He was ... Continue Reading →
League of Conservation Voters on environmental issues
Megan Boler and Zachary Denard, field organizers with the League of Conservation Voters, made a presentation about their office's efforts to raise environmental awareness. Boler showed a short segment of video that gave two examples of how environmental concerns are playing out in two different ... Continue Reading →
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