James F. Pughsley served as CMS superintendent from 2002 to 2005. He submitted this piece to The Charlotte Observer under the headline, "In Times of Crisis: Leadership for Results." By Dr. James L. Pughsley, CMS Superintendent (Ret.) Effective leadership and execution, not the lack of funding, ... Continue Reading →
Arthur Griffin makes case for accountability
May 18, 2021 Arthur Griffin Jr. says he is "just asking for accountable education policy and practice." The former chair of the CMS Board of Education wants school and community leaders to dig into the data, and realize how thousands of children will leave schools without the "career- and ... Continue Reading →
CMS test scores show proficiency losses during pandemic
March 30, 2021 At a March 3 State Board of Education meeting, staff released a Testing and Accountability Update that showed results of fall 2020 high school testing in English II, Math 1, Math 3 and Biology. The results, when compared with fall 2019 results, showed large increases in the number of ... Continue Reading →
CMS learning to learn amid a pandemic
March 23, 2021 Supt. Earnest Winston and CMS Board Chairperson Elyse Dashew on Tuesday gave an update on how the pandemic has affected students, teachers, families and the entire community in the past year. They noted detabilizing but necessary changes to calendars; success in giving every ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Cohen encourages all to be vaccinated
March 9, 2021 At a vaccination center in Raleigh, Dr. Mindy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, got her COVID-19 vaccination today, using her visit to the Raleigh vaccination site to encourage others to get any one of the vaccines when it is their turn. ... Continue Reading →
President, first lady test positive for coronavirus
President Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. More information here and elsewhere. ... Continue Reading →
Updates on COVID-19
May 8 COVID-19 updates were from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services and the Mecklenburg County Manager. ... Continue Reading →
County Coronavirus update
April 15, 2020 The text of County Manager Dena Diorio's April 15 Board Bulletin, which came in after the April 14 announcements were published. Some of the links below are to web pages. Others are to PDF files that will download to your computer. COVID-19 Update – Message from the ... Continue Reading →
Pass It On! Post Something Good!
March 31, 2020 By Nooma Monika Rhue, MLIS Every day I receive a daily news feed on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Notices about new cases and the increasing numbers of death. I read about social distancing and extended stay-at-home messages. But what compelled me to write this piece, is the ... Continue Reading →
Resources on coronavirus pandemic
Page initiated March 18, 2020 Below are links to materials on various aspects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. E-mail your suggestions for what to list. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office has issued a Stay-at-Home order for County residents beginning 8 a.m., March 26 ... Continue Reading →
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