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 →
Byers-Bailey issues call to action over possible Double Oaks sale
Sept. 13, 2016 Board of Education member Thelma Byers-Bailey issued this call to action today to protest the possible sale by CMS of the old Double Oaks School property. The former elementary school and Pre-K center has been leased to community groups since the Great Recession. Byers-Bailey said ... Continue Reading →
Election 2013 Results
Nov. 5, 2013, 10:36 p.m.; updated Nov. 6, 9:20 a.m. Charlotte Mayor: Patrick Cannon (D) (53%) Charlotte City Council At-Large: Michael Barnes (D) (15.3%) Vi Alexander Lyles (D) (15.0%) David Howard (D) (14.7%) Claire Fallon (D) (13.2%) District 1: Patsy Kinsey (D) (98%) District 2: Al Austin ... Continue Reading →