June 21, 2022 As with most dissections of policy or practice within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, there were multiple layers of reality on display as the Forum sought from a CMS program director some details of how career and technical education plays out in the schools ... Continue Reading →
Will 2023 school bond issue get the attention it deserves?
June 16, 2022 The last move toward a bond issue for school construction was under way just as COVID-19 closed the schools. No doubt it is time to revisit the issue. But with an interim superintendency under way and leadership turnover guaranteed via November’s school board district elections, the ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte hosts info session on ADA Transition Plan
June 15, 2022 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations held an hour-long virtual session on its ADA Transition Plan at noon. The session was recorded to YouTube beginning about 11:30, with the session beginning about noon. The window below is set to start with the meeting's introductory ... Continue Reading →
County’s 2023 property revaluation already under way
June 14, 2022 Ken Joyner and his assistant, Brad Fowler, were ready. Ready to explain property revaluation, why it's done, what the schedule is, and when any changes will show up on tax bills. But they were also ready for the questions this audience had uppermost in mind: Why should I ... Continue Reading →
Reflections on the upcoming Juneteenth celebration
June 7, 2022 The message about freedom is not an artifact of ancient American history. It was like yesterday for Ceretha Sherrill. And it is personal. Sherrill grew up listening to her father's stories about her grandfather, an American enslaved by other Americans. The red on the Juneteenth ... Continue Reading →
‘Show Our Strength In Dollars’
June 7, 2022 A looming grant application deadline set off a conversation at this morning's Forum about the community investment needed in African-American neighborhoods. And how those investments were not being made in sufficient quantities, even now, to overcome generations of private ... Continue Reading →
‘The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to “Pass” in 1930s Hollywood’
"Incredible Black Women You Should Know About" – The Series Frederika “Fredi” Washington 'The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to "Pass" in 1930s Hollywood' (Dec. 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) By DonnaMarie Woodson This article, from the June 2022 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is ... Continue Reading →
Cisco Room Kit clips, May 31
One in a possible series of pages exploring the workings of the Cisco Webex Room Kit equipment at Belmont Center. The assumption is that the system is working as designed, and that use of the system will improve with operator experience. The series will be shared with other ... Continue Reading →
Carolyn Thompson
– Page initiated May 31, 2022 Carolyn Thompson is running for a seat on the N.C. Court of Appeals. Materials on this website 5-10-22 Short presentation Info Website Flier Media links ... Continue Reading →
Leaders reshaping how city supports underserved areas face impatient constituents
May 31, 2022 This morning’s Forum might have been just a PowerPoint of the city budget. Instead, City Manager Marcus Jones and Mayor Vi Lyles fielded pointed questions from disappointed longtime residents about the city’s future. Jones, in his sixth year managing a workforce of now 8,000-plus ... Continue Reading →
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