March 12, 2013 Stacey Rose is a former principal of one N.C. charter school (Kennedy, initially serving Elon Homes residents). And now she is the applicant for a state charter to open Charotte Learning Center in Charlotte in 2014. The Los Angeles native visited the Forum today as a ... Continue Reading →
Head of Title 1 elementaries in CMS’s Central Zone
March 12, 2013 Dr. Nicole Priestly is executive director of CMS Central Zone Title 1 elementary schools. The South Carolina native had a lengthy teaching career, and was an administrator in the Maryland district Heath Morrison was in before going to Arizona, then to CMS. Below are video clips ... Continue Reading →
New town halls announced for CMS task forces
Feb. 26, 2013 Two new town halls were announced at the Forum to discuss the CMS task forces. The CMS flier here has been modified to include the new dates. ... Continue Reading →
Friendship Gardens mobile market to accept EBT cards
Feb. 19, 2013 Friendship Trays Executive Director Lucy Bush Carter announced at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum this morning that the Friendship Gardens mobile market will return to the Transit Center in uptown Charlotte in March. And when it does, it will be authorized to accept EBT cards, ... Continue Reading →
Blanche Penn on Wallace Pruitt Center exhibits
Feb. 19, 2013 Blanche Penn from the Pruitt Recreation Center in Charlotte previews the Black Inventors Exhibit and the Underground Railroad presentation at this morning's Forum. ... Continue Reading →
Richard McElrath: New math tests mostly word problems
Feb. 13, 2013 Richard McElrath talks about upcoming CMS math tests, which will focus on word problems. ... Continue Reading →
Statement on superintendent’s 8 goals
Feb. 12, 2013 Dr. Betty Howell Gray sent in the following statement on behalf of the National Alliance of Black School Educators after a Jan. 31 reception for CMS Supt. Heath Morrison: Greetings! A special thanks to guests who attended the reception and those who had a schedule conflict and ... Continue Reading →
West Charlotte High Principal John Wall addresses Forum
Feb. 12, 2013 John A. Wall Jr. is in his first year as principal of West Charlotte High School. West Charlotte is a place with, in some old-timers' view, a storied history; a place with, in many current residents' eyes, a sorry present; and, in the eyes of this New York-born veteran educator, a ... Continue Reading →
‘Cultural competency and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’
Feb. 11, 2013 This "Good afternoon CMS Partners" e-mail was addressed Monday afternoon to the Forum and to representatives of the YMCA, the Latin American Women's Association, A Child's Place, the Mecklenburg PTA, Communities in Schools, Mecklenburg Ministries, Kids Voting, MeckEd, the Charlotte ... Continue Reading →
Malachi Greene: He’s baaaaack!
Feb. 5, 2013 The former City Council member has been away from his beloved Forum for health reasons. On Feb. 5, 2013 he returned, to applause. He thanked friends for their support during his illness, then delivered a full-throated call to action. ... Continue Reading →