March 22, 2016 Two women. Perhaps different leadership styles. Certainly different fields. One session focusing on longtime leadership. The Forum today heard from Dorothy Counts-Scoggins, left above, and Bonita Caldwell. Caldwell is president of the family business, Beatties Ford Memorial ... Continue Reading →
Supt. Clark, CMS Foundation head Sonja Gantt
March 15, 2016 ... Continue Reading →
Blanche Penn: ‘I’m a freedom fighter’
March 8, 2016 Longtime Forum participant Blanche Penn offered this presentation today on her life work. ... Continue Reading →
Lucy Bush Carter on Friendship Trays
March 8, 2016 Lucy Bush Carter today offered an overview of the work of Friendship Trays, the Charlotte-area meals-on-wheels nonprofit. ... Continue Reading →
James Ford: Don’t limit kids’ futures by the parents they didn’t choose
March 8, 2016 James Ford is a former N.C. Teacher of the Year. His years as a world history teacher at Garinger have been widely chronicled. Today he was back in Belmont/Villa Heights, which he identified as the stomping ground of many of his former students. His short talk was focused on his ... Continue Reading →
An appeal for turnout at a student assignment meeting
March 1, 2016 At the end of the memorial for Malachi Greene, Carlenia Ivory made a pitch for turnout at a CMS Policy Committee meeting on March 10 at 6 p.m. at the Government Center. No public comments will be taken during the committee meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Simmons: ‘Bad’ CMS schools can be fixed ‘overnight’
Feb. 23, 2016 ... Continue Reading →
CMS officials pitch assignment survey, field many other questions
Feb. 9, 2016 They came with laptops and paper copies and sought participation in the current CMS survey on student assignment. But their time was spent fielding questions about student discipline and effective education. LaTarzja Henry and Akeshia Craven-Howell fielded questions after making ... Continue Reading →
Be heard on CMS student assignment: Take online survey
Jan. 29, 2016 CMS has placed its online survey on its website to assess public attitudes about student asssignment issues. Ann Doss Helms at the Charlotte Observer offered a Q&A about the survey here. The survey was initially scheduled to be taken down Feb. 22. ... Continue Reading →
OneMeck pursues schools that work for all children
Jan. 19, 2016 OneMeck with public last August with its effort to shape the community conversation over CMS schools during this time when student assignment is back on the table. The first video is of their presentation. That presentation followed one by Mecklenburg's Public Defender, Kevin ... Continue Reading →
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