Cms Superintendent News Today

Also among the staff shortages: More than 150 cafeteria job openings. Here’s how CMS is working to fill jobs.

Less than six months after she stepped in to lead Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on an interim basis, Crystal Hill was named superintendent of America’s 17th-largest school district.

The General Assembly overrides the governor’s veto and abortion restrictions tighten. Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio releases the proposed County Budget. And Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools could have a new Superintendent by the end of the week. Those stories and more on the local news roundup on Charlotte Talks.

Say what you will about the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board, but it’s hard to argue they’re lazy or timid. They’ve committed to a schedule of reviewing data on academic goals, they're deep in superintendent candidate interviews and they’re trying to persuade county commissioners and voters to approve a record-smashing total for school bonds.

After meeting with search consultants last week, the CMS board’s superintendent search committee now says it expects to hire a new leader in May, rather than April. Consultant Debra Hill told the committee it isn’t likely to put CMS at a disadvantage in the quest to get someone in the office by summer.

I sat down with Crystal Hill last week, 24 days into her six-month stint as interim superintendent. I was distracted by the April firing of Superintendent Earnest Winston when Hill started working for CMS in May, so I asked how she ended up here.

People are thinking about the prospect of having Interim Superintendent Crystal Hill stay on to lead Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Her six-month contract doesn’t preclude her from seeking the permanent job, and she isn’t ruling it out. A reporter asked her about that at her first news conference on Friday.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board Tuesday named Crystal Hill to lead the district for the next six or so months while the board seeks a permanent superintendent.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh reflects on his time at the district and who will lead the district after his resignation.

A letter from the attorney for former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston complains of actions the CMS board had taken that he says undermined Winston. The letter to the general counsel for the board reveals that Winston was asked to leave before he was fired, and reveals there were tensions dating back to at least late last year.