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 →
Mediation ends latest County-CMS skirmish
July 8, 2021 The latest county-CMS funding dispute came to an end June 24 with a mediated settlement that was approved by County Commissioners July 8. County and CMS statements on the subject, and the text of the agreement, are below. No children learned a thing from the flap, but all staff and ... 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 →
CMS Board candidates, part 2
Sept. 24, 2019 In the second of two Forum meetings to hear from CMS school board candidates, two of the 13 candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot attended. Annette Albright and Elyse Dashew attended today. Queen Thompson, Monty Witherspoon, Jordan Pineda, Stephanie Sneed, Lenora Shipp, Jennifer De La Jara ... Continue Reading →
Election 2019: Elyse Dashew
Page initiated July 16, 2019 Elyse Dashew is a candidate for an at-large seat on the CMS Board of Education. To start videos, click on them. July 16, 2019 ... Continue Reading →
CMS Vice Chair reads statement on suspension of superintendent
July 16, 2019 At the end of today's Forum,CMS Board of Education Vice Chair Elyse Dashew read the following lawyer-vetted statement concerning the Monday suspension of CMS Supt. Clayton Wilcox. She declined to answer a follow-up question. To start the video, click on it. ... Continue Reading →
Brightwalk apartment block opens, named for Sarah Stevenson
Oct. 18, 2017 Out of the rubble, broken dreams and stunted futures of the Double Oaks Apartments project are rising market-rate and subsidized apartments and homes. More than 100 people gathered this morning to officially open an apartment block in the new Brightwalk neighborhood that has been ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum focuses on officer-involved shooting, funding priorities
Jan. 31, 2017 It began as an Open Forum. But Sarah Stevenson had asked Willie Ratchford to bring a police official to discuss a recent officer-involved fatal shooting on Albemarle Road. So Ratchford addressed some of the issues that have already emerged, including the position taken by some young ... Continue Reading →
Election 2015 Winners
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts (52.26%); Council At-large Julie Eiselt (16.98%) Vi Lyles (16.36%) Claire Fallon (15.81%) James Mitchell (14.30%) Council Districts 1: Patsy Kinsey (93.35%) 2: Al Austin (79.56%) 3: LaWana Mayfield (76.12%) 4: Greg Phipps (71.53%) 5: John Autry ... Continue Reading →