UCPS students will learn in-person five days a week starting April 12
The UCPS Board of Education met virtually on Monday, March 15 to discuss the district s plans for increasing in-person learning. Author: Emma Korynta Updated: 12:35 AM EDT March 16, 2021
UNION COUNTY, N.C. Starting Monday, April 12, all levels of Union County Public Schools students will switch to in-person learning all five days of the school week.
The UCPS Board of Education met virtually on Monday, March 15 to discuss the district s plans for increasing in-person learning. At the meeting, Superintendent Andrew Houlihan recommended schools recommended that 6th through 12th graders move to Plan A on April 12.
As high school proms get canceled, students make alternate plans to dance
Local districts cancel 2021 prom By Ron Lee | March 10, 2021 at 10:22 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 11:13 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Prom is canceled for all Charlotte-Mecklenburg School students.
It’s another blow to high school students.
For the second year in a row, CMS had its milestone end-of-the-year dance called off because of COVID-19. Same goes for Cabarrus County Schools.
As Charlotte-Mecklenburg students handled that news Wednesday night, WBTV we learned in Cabarrus County, some proms will still continue even though the school system officially shut them down weeks ago.
Student advocates for CROWN Act to stop race-based hair discrimination
North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill to protect against hair discrimination. Meanwhile, a high school student is advocating for CMS to adopt a similar policy. Author: Tanya Mendis Updated: 6:54 PM EST March 10, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A Charlotte teenager is calling for change within her school district, advocating for the board to pass a version of the CROWN Act to protect students from discrimination on the basis of hairstyle.
“Ultimately, Black women should have the space to be unapologetically them,” Kiersten Hash, a senior at Mallard Creek High School, said.
Hash, who now wears her hair in its natural, curly state, can remember a time when she was younger and thought she needed to straighten her hair in order to conform to certain standards.
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From left: The names of Judy Howard Williams, Charles H. Parker and T.J. Reddy were proposed to replace Barringer as a school name in Charlotte.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ quest to rename Barringer Academic Center hit a snag when the district realized two of the three proposed namesakes don’t qualify under CMS policy.
CMS decided to rename the west Charlotte elementary school after learning that the family it’s named for has a history of white supremacy. Last month a naming committee announced three finalists all of them figures in Charlotte’s Black history and polled the community on their preference.
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