Tell the CMS board what you think

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Tell the CMS board what you think

By Qcity Staff – October 6, 2010

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Now is your chance to tell the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board what you think of its plans to expand, merge and close some schools.

The board will begin a series of public hearings on Thursday, Oct. 7. Each forum will address recommendations specific to the area where the forum is held. No sign-up is required to attend.

The board has proposed to merge, expand or close selected schools to save money and increase academic performance. Not everyone, however, is happy with the plan.

School Board Chairman Eric Davis promises that CMS will be listening to what the public has to say. "If we have to make changes, we need the public to tell us how we could make it work best," he was quoted as saying on CharlotteObserver.com.

To guarantee everyone at the forums has a chance to be heard, attendees will be broken up into small groups for an hour-long discussion of the schools involved. That will be followed by an open-mike session.
All the public's recommendations will be recorded and posted on the CMS Web site, district officials said.

The public forums are scheduled for:

Thursday, Oct. 7 - 6-8 p.m. Hopewell High (auditorium), 11530 Beatties Ford Road. Topic schools: Hornets Nest/Winding Springs/ Torrence Creek/Alexander/Davidson IB/Ranson/North Mecklenburg.

Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Time TBA. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, Room 267, 600 E. Fourth St. Pre-K-8 schools/Irwin/ First Ward/University Park/Oaklawn/John Taylor Williams/Northwest School of the Arts.

Thursday, Oct. 14 - 6-8p.m. Vance High (auditorium), 7600 IBM Drive. Pre-K-8 schools/Highland Creek/Shamrock Gardens/Villa Heights/Cochrane/Garinger.

Wednesday, Oct. 20 - 6-8 p.m. East Mecklenburg High (auditorium), 6800 Monroe Road. Billingsville/Cotswold/Dilworth/ Lansdowne/Rama Road/Oakhurst/Albemarle Road Middle/Alexander Graham/Randolph/East Mecklenburg/Marie G. Davis/Myers Park High.

Thursday, Oct. 21 - 6-8 p.m. West Mecklenburg High (auditorium), 7400 Tuckaseegee Road. Amay James/Pre-K-8 schools/ Barringer/Pawtuckett/Tuckaseegee/Whitewater Academy/ Spaugh/Whitewater Middle/Wilson/West Mecklenburg.

Monday, Oct. 25 - 6-8 p.m. South Mecklenburg High (auditorium), 8900 Park Road. Huntingtowne Farms/Pinewood/Park Road/Sedgefield Elementary/Community House/Quail Hollow/ Sedgefield Middle School/Smith/Berry/Harding/Olympic/South Mecklenburg/Waddell.