Burke problems = teacher pay cuts?
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 10:52AM
A bitter and lengthy battle over the Burke County Schools' superintendent probably cost Tracy Norman her job as school board chairman on election day.
Poverty in CMS hits an all-time high
By Ann Doss Helms | E-mail | November 19, 2009

Almost 68,000 students, or 51 percent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' enrollment, get lunch aid for low-income families this year - an all-time high.

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Chart: Growing poverty in CMS
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Wake Co. schools plan to cut $20 million
By T. Keung Hui | (Raleigh) News & Observer | November 19, 2009

Wake County Schools Superintendent Del Burns announced today plans to cut $20 million in non-school based spending to deal with the lingering effects of the economic recession.

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