Charlote-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)- The Basics, Links, Updates and More

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Charlote-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)- The Basics, Links, Updates and More

Charlotte NC CMS is THE major school system in the Charlotte area, and the one unified school system in Mecklenburg County. Either the first or 2nd largest in the state every year with over 120,000 students, CMS hired Superintendent Peter Gorman two years ago, and he has made widespread progress in a variety of areas. I argue our best schools are as good as any in the nation- indeed our top 10% of graduation seniors score higher on SATs that the top 10% in the state, and top 10% in the nation. Still the schools system is very large and those numbers hide persistent problems in under achieving schools and Gorman has aggressively moved to put experienced leadership in these schools. Time will tell how this works, I applaud the effort of bringing a high-quality education to all of our children. You will find more detailed information in the Charlotte Schools category on the left.

There are two great links for school research I recommend frequently, the state sponsored www.ncreportcards.org, for excellent detailed information about any school in the state, try their Summary, and Great Schools, a user friendly school rating and community website. Please note, that if you find a school, or few schools you feel comfortable with, we can create custom home searches within those school boundaries. As always, I recommend a school visit when you come to Charlotte.

Please note, that the CMS website offers detailed information about Public and magnet schools, Charter Schools can be found here. Try this link to our Education page for other Charlotte Area School information- public and private.

a few updates…

New School Boundaries- The Charlotte Observer reports: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board has approved a series of new boundaries, paving the way for six new schools to open next August and another new school the following year.The new schools are in the north, west and southwest parts of Mecklenburg County.

The boundary lines can be seen at the CMS Web site

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Facebook Entries lead to teacher firings and discipline. Just a thought here for teachers, students, employees, do not, repeat DO NOT, put stupid pictures and comments of you online without privacy settings to keep it to your friends. Also-if you depend on a “classified security” clearance, of any kind, DO NOT use Facebook or My Space under any circumstances. Employers ARE looking. The Observer Reports

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As a walker myself, and someone who walked to school every day of elementary school and middle school, and father of 4 (newly) adult active children, this is a Good Local Government at its best. Its not by the schools, but “for the schools”, more specifically for the kids… thank you Mary Newsom for highlighting this effort in this post which I borrow from…

Healthy kids = walking kids

The Mecklenberg County Health Department created a job for a “safe routes to schools coordinator.” The idea is that helping and encouraging more kids to walk to school can fight the growing problem of childhood obesity.

Yeah! Coordinator Dick Winters is working with Cotswold, Highland Creek and Beverly Woods elementary schools — and getting advice from Davidson, where a huge effort to get kids walking to school is having growing success — to help them find parent volunteers and organize periodic “Walk To School Day” events. International Walk to School day was Oct. 8. Obviously, he hopes to expand to other schools.

We all know the physical health consequences of obesity; but there may not be anything more damaging to a child’s self image in our culture today than obesity.

Keep them active, keep them walking,

health bodys = first step towards healthy minds

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