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Superintendent Heath Morrison said Wednesday he appreciates the county manager’s proposal to give Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools a $21.3 million increase, but said he and board members will press for a $28.5 million bump at a joint session Thursday.

Ann Clark, deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, is one of three finalists for Wake County superintendent, the Wake board announced Tuesday. She will meet the public in Raleigh next week.

Beverly Newsome’s children brought up the subject at dinner Monday evening of the killer tornado that roared through two Oklahoma schools earlier in the day.

Meet 15 of 31 finalists for The Observer's Seniors of the Year, an award that goes to 10 seniors each year and carries with it a $1,000 scholarship. Today's group, from schools in Mecklenburg County, joins the 16 we profiled in last week's YA section from outside Mecklenburg. We will announce the 10 winners May 26.

KIPP,  a national charter chain that strives to prepare low-income and minority students for coll...

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