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Earnest Winston was hired in August 2019 with a contract that runs through June 30, 2022.
Earnest Winston is now halfway through his three-year contract as superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and the school board chair says the board has yet to discuss extending it.
Winston was hired in August 2019 under challenging conditions. The school board had just pressured Clayton Wilcox to resign. It was the second forced resignation of a CMS superintendent in five years, and the board didn’t want the upheaval of another national search.
So the board hired Winston, the district’s ombudsman and former chief of staff. He lacked the usual credentials and supervisory experience, but he’d worked closely with previous superintendents. And he was highly regarded by many in the district.
CMS in talks with Novant for mass vaccination events at school facilities in Charlotte
District in talks with Novant to set up mass vaccination site By WBTV Web Staff | January 25, 2021 at 12:50 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 11:24 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district is in talks with Novant Health to open a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at a local school, the school district confirmed Monday.
The discussions are about Novant Healthâs potential use of one or more CMS school facilities for weekend vaccination events.
Discussions are also about improving access to the vaccine in underserved areas of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and are not meant to establish vaccination sites exclusive to CMS staff.
Honeywell grant to bring STEAM labs to 750 Charlotte students
Students in 20 classrooms across the five CMS schools will receive STEAMLab kits that include materials for hands-on, engaging lessons. Author: Meilin Tompkins Updated: 4:37 PM EST January 25, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. With the support of global technology company Honeywell, Digi-Bridge will bring science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education experiences to five new partner schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system to reach 750 students in 2021.
Beginning Jan. 25, students in 20 classrooms across the five CMS schools will receive STEAMLab kits that include materials for hands-on, engaging lessons such as mobile application development, design engineering, arts and technology, coding and robotics.
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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
America Turns A Page. What Comes Next?
This time last week, many Americans were concerned. Concerned about whether violent protests would consume Washington and state capitals. Concerned about what could happen in the waning days of what had been a chaotic four years in the White House. Concerned about how it would all impact the transfer of power.
But when the sun set Wednesday, a new president was in the Oval Office, and there had been no reports of large-scale violence. Things aren t rosy, though. The U.S. has a long road ahead, figuring out how to deal with extremism and the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Publisher s Note: This post appears here courtesy of the Carolina Journal. The author of this post is Andrew Dunn.
Greg Olsen, a tight end who spent nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers, is an advocate for reopening schools. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Leticia Samuels): Above.
A former Carolina Panthers star has now become an advocate for re-opening North Carolina schools for in-person instruction.
Greg Olsen, who spent nine seasons with the Panthers at tight end, sent a series of tweets this week urging Gov. Roy Cooper and other state political leaders to allow students back in the classroom. He cited a study from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill doctors that found extremely limited COVID transmission in schools, as well as comments from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield that schools aren t major spreaders of the disease.