Feb. 21, 2023 Four of the six District representatives on the CMS Board of Education participated this morning in a discussion at the Forum. The initial idea was to compare how the promises they made before November's election compared with their actions to date. The quick answer is that very ... Continue Reading →
History doesn’t make people; People make history
Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
CMS Elections: Districts 2, 4, 6
Sept. 20, 2022 There was some "throw-the-rascals-out" rhetoric this morning, as challengers made the case that the CMS Board of Education has failed in its chief duty: to ensure the education of all children. Two of the three incumbents running for re-election in Districts 2, 4 and 6 were ... Continue Reading →
Candidate Byers-Bailey greeting
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Thelma Byers-Bailey
– Page initiated Feb. 15, 2022 Thelma Byers-Bailey has announced her intention to file for re-election to the District 2 seat on the CMS Board of Education. Materials on this website 2-15-22 Greetings during Forum meetings. Info Media links ... Continue Reading →
Black Political Caucus hears from CMS
Sept. 21, 2021 A virtual meeting of the Black Political Caucus heard tonight from Supt. Earnest Winston and a number of his CMS colleagues. The embedded video below is from Facebook Live from the Zoom virtual meeting. [The Facebook embed did not play in Safari's desktop browser, so this screenshare ... Continue Reading →
Startup at CMS: Hoping for no further Covid ‘pivots’
Aug. 17, 2021 Watching their Covid updates and their employee vacancy lists, members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education today fielded questions from Forum participants about plans for the coming year. Chairperson Elyse Dashew did most of the presentation. Five members of the board ... Continue Reading →
School board candidates, Districts 2, 4, 5, 6
Oct. 10, 2017 The Forum heard from eight school board candidates running in four different districts today. In the video below, candidates gave short presentations, beginning at minute 9:52, then fielded questions beginning at minute 28:32. ... Continue Reading →
Byers-Bailey: CMS likely won’t reconvert all westside K-8s
April 4, 2017 District 2 school board member Thelma Byers-Bailey said she did not have the votes to fully reverse the Great-Recession decision to create underfunded, unequal K-8 schools on the westside. But she predicted that money would be moved around within the upcoming school bond proposal ... Continue Reading →