Jury orders CMS, ex-band director to pay former student $10.5M in sexual assault suit
Jury orders former CMS student to be paid $10.5 million By Michael Gordon | May 8, 2021 at 8:32 PM EDT - Updated May 8 at 11:14 PM
(Charlotte Observer) - A federal jury has ordered Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and a once-prominent high school band director to pay $10.5 million to a former student victimized by persistent sexual harassment and an eventual assault.
The civil judgment was handed down Friday after the four-day trial of the studentâs lawsuit against CMS and Duncan Gray, a longtime band instructor at West Charlotte High School.
The award is among the largest in memory for a sexual-misconduct case in Charlotte. CMS was ordered to pay $7.5 million; Gray, $3 million.
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Many journalists have read the book and seen the movie All The President s Men. The tale of the reporting behind the Watergate break-in has long been an inspiration for many to enter the profession, and it contains one of the most classic lines: Follow the money.
That means, of course, that money is the driving force in our world in good and bad and simply mundane ways.
And money was at the root of many of this week s biggest stories. To start, Charlotte s City Manager Marcus Jones revealed his budget for the upcoming year. In a presentation to City Council and reporters, he focused on how the budget did not include a tax hike, but contained higher starting salaries and raises for most employees.
A federal jury has awarded $10.5 million to a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student who says he was assaulted by a band director at West Charlotte High School in 2011 according to multiple reports.
Reducing racial disparities included in nearly $2B budget recommended for Mecklenburg County The $1.99-billion recommended budget is an increase of $96 million, or 5 percent, over the current fiscal year 2021 operating budget. (Source: Mecklenburg County) By WBTV Web Staff | May 6, 2021 at 5:07 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 5:07 PM
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Millions of dollars aimed at reducing racial disparities has been included in a nearly $2 billion recommended budget for Mecklenburg County for fiscal year 2022.
County Manager Dena R. Diorio presented her recommended budget for fiscal year 2022 Thursday to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (BOCC).
The $1.99-billion recommended budget is an increase of $96 million, or 5 percent, over the current fiscal year 2021 operating budget.
/ Providence High School students rehearse for the school s 2021 spring musical, Spamalot. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District said last week parents and family members would not be allowed to attend the show.
Updated 6 p.m. May 6
A week after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said no parents or family members would be allowed to attend school shows and performances this spring, the school district reversed course, saying each student will now be allowed up to two guests as long as a facility s capacity doesn t exceed 30%.
The reversal came after parents at Providence High School loudly objected, pointing out that no such restrictions had been placed on the parents of student-athletes.