Published May 13, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT
Charlotte drivers are feeling the effects of the gas shortage due to a cyberattack on the pipeline that delivers gas to our region, even after the pipeline resumes operation. North Carolina was one of the hardest-hit states in the shortage.
A long City Council meeting showed members lacked consensus over how to move forward on the proposed Charlotte Future 2040 Plan. We’ll hear what council members and the mayor had to say.
It’s budget time. The city and county budgets are in process. We’ll talk about arts funding and hikes in your water and solid waste bills outlined in the city budget. We ll also talk about fireworks at the County Commission meeting as Commissioner Susan Rodriguez- McDowell clashed with County Manager Dena Diorio over a proposal to withhold money from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over long-standing achievement gaps. We’ll go over what happened.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Out of all the teachers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Demeka Kimpson has been voted as this year’s best. Kimpson is the band director at Sedgefield Middle School. She is in her 19th year of teaching. 16 of those years have been spent at Sedgefield.
Congrats also to Stephanie Donnis. She is a teacher assistant at Druid Hills Academy. Donnis has been named the 2021 CMS Teacher Assistant of the Year.
Support and criticism voiced on county’s proposal to withhold $56M from CMS Joe Bruno
Mecklenburg County commissioners have discussed the idea in length, and the public is now weighing in on the most controversial part of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
County leaders are considering withholding $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until the district produces an acceptable plan aimed at improving educational outcomes and college and career readiness.
For more than three hours on Wednesday, members of the public weighed in on the budget. Several of the speakers who addressed commissioners were teachers.
“It is shocking to see the county commission stoop to this level of gaslighting,” teacher Rae LeGrone said. “Anyone claiming that withholding funds from CMS budget as a tool would not affect teachers and students is either lying or completely misunderstands community leadership and classroom interconnection.”
North Carolina Community Colleges Will Now Award College Credit for Cambridge International s Advanced Courses
Cambridge Advanced (AS and A Levels) courses will now carry the same grade weighting as other advanced course options with North Carolina Community College Systems
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RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges has adopted a comprehensive credit for prior learning policy that includes Cambridge Assessment International Education s (Cambridge International) AS- and A-Level examinations. With this recent policy change, institutions in the North Carolina Community College System will now award college credit to any student earning an E grade on Cambridge International Advanced examinations, giving AS- and A-Level courses the same college credit opportunities as other advanced courses offered to students.
Kannapolis downtown development project earns honor, so does Salisburyâs Cheerwine Festival Council Members Van Rowell and Darrell Jackson, Mayor Darrell Hinnant, Council Member Tom Kincaid, Director of Economic Development Irene Sacks, Assistant City Manager Wilmer Melton, Director of Water Resources Alex Anderson. Back Row: City Manager Mike Legg, Director of General Services Jerome Blakeney, Director of Parks and Recreation Gary Mills, Director of Communications Annette Privette Keller, City Attorney Wally Safrit, Assistant City Manager Eric Davis and Deputy City Manager Eddie Smith. (Source: City of Kannapolis) By David Whisenant | May 13, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 4:30 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Centralina Regional Council announced the recipients of the Region of Excellence Awards in a virtual ceremony. Presented annually, these awards recognize individuals, communities and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of Centrali