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Applewhite outlines effort to boost entrepreneurs’ CIAA Tournament role

February 14, 2017 Text Cache

Feb. 14, 2017 During a Q&A session with CIAA Commissioner Jacquie McWilliams this morning, a Forum participant revealed a project initiated in 2015 to boost the role of Charlotte-area entrepreneurs in the business activity created by Charlotte's annual hosting of the CIAA ... Continue Reading →

Queen Thompson on District 5 appointment candidacy

January 17, 2017 Text Cache

Jan. 17, 2017 Longtime Charlotte resident Queen Thompson this morning sent in the following document, along with the text that follows. ---------- The following text was in an e-mail. The text appears to be addressed to Mecklenburg Democratic Party Chair Matt Newton, who himself was a candidate ... Continue Reading →

Kris Chambers Woodruff seeks appointment to District 5 seat

January 3, 2017 Text Cache

Jan. 3, 2016 Kris Chambers Woodruff sent this message to the Forum: "In an effort to represent the community that gave me life, I have decided to seek the appointment to the vacant City Council District 5 seat. "I thank all those in the community that has supported me. I would like to extend ... Continue Reading →

Ajmera files for District 5 City Council appointment

December 25, 2016 Text Cache

Dec. 25, 2016 Dimple Ajmera announced today that she had filed for appointment to the District 5 Charlotte City Council seat vacated by new N.C. Rep. John Autry. Ajmera's announcement is below. Download it here.     Jan. 16, 2017 ... Continue Reading →

Matt Newton announces for appointment to Council

November 29, 2016 Text Cache

Nov. 29, 2016 Matt Newton announced this morning at the Forum that he would be a candidate to succeed John Autry, the current District 5 representative on Charlotte City Council. Jan. 17, 2017 Matt Newton addressed the Forum during its announcements period. Click inside the video window ... Continue Reading →

Grants Committee for Action Fund chosen

November 1, 2016 Text Cache

Nov. 1, 2016 As contemplated by rules set out here for the Forum's MJ Entrepreneurial Action Fund, a few minutes were taken early at the Forum this morning to draw names for members of the Grants Committee. Eight people had volunteered to join Fund namesakes Laura McClettie and Maurice Jones in ... Continue Reading →

School-by-school out-of-school suspensions, grades PK-2

September 7, 2016 Text Cache

Sept. 7, 2016 This CMS document dated June 28, 2016 offers school-by-school data on out-of-school suspensions during the years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 for grades Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade One and Grade Two. For privacy reasons, schools reporting one to four suspensions in any given grade are ... Continue Reading →

Impact of out-of-school suspension over time

September 7, 2016 Text Cache

Sept. 7, 2016 This undated CMS spreadsheet examines the 2015-16 graduation cohort, and specifically the 5,754 members of that class for which CMS had information about out-of-school suspensions during their PK-2 years. For privacy reasons, grades in which there were one to four suspensions are ... Continue Reading →

Summary data on PK-2 out-of-school suspensions

September 7, 2016 Text Cache

Sept. 7, 2016 This CMS spreadsheet dated Aug. 5, 2016 offers summary data sheets on out-of-school suspensions for grades PK through 2. While some of the headers may have become damaged in transit, all the charts in this series appear to offer data for 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The categories ... Continue Reading →

CMS summary for out-of-school suspensions, all grades

September 7, 2016 Text Cache

Sept. 7, 2016 This undated CMS document offers a discipline summary for all grades for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years, and includes numbers of students with out-of-school suspensions by demographic category. The document was provided to the Forum by CMS Board of Education member Ericka ... Continue Reading →

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