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OPINION: CMS Must Reimagine Its Board of Education
If we know anything, it’s that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Board of Education has a penchant for drama (just ask the six superintendents over the last 10 years), so it comes at no surprise that the board of education is yet again embroiled in a dispute that makes for great…
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Opinion: Remove School Resource Officers From CMS
We as parents, teachers, former students and invested citizens of this county, should demand that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) sever all contracts with CMPD and eliminate school resource officers (SROs) from all schools in this district. Upon the board taking this action, we should demand that the portion of all current…
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Opinion: Pushing Back on Crime Begins with Education, Access and Resources
The following is a Letter to the Editor from Jordan Pineda, local educator and founder of City to Cea. I want to tell you a true story that took place in our city four months ago at the home of a 13-year-old boy who had just been shot three times…
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