League of Women Voters will hold forum on CMS assignment
The League of Women Voters is hosting a forum Saturday to update the public on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ student assignment review.
The school board is working on guiding principles for changes that will take effect in 2017-18. Board member Tom Tate, who chairs the committee handling that work, is one of the forum speakers.
Others are Matt Ellenwood, a policy analyst at the N.C. Justice Center, and Roslyn Mickelson, a UNC Charlotte sociology professor and co-editor of “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte.”
The forum is 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday at the YWCA, 3420 Park Road. Details and RSVP: Mary Klenz, klenzmary@gmail.com or 704-542-9858.
Ann Doss Helms: 704-358-5033, @anndosshelms
Learn more
▪ To keep up with the student assignment review: www.cms.k12.nc.us (select “2017-18 Student Assignment Review” under Spotlight).
▪ The board’s policy committee will continue its review of student assignment guiding principles at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 12 in Room 528 of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, 600 E. Fourth St.
This story was originally published November 2, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "League of Women Voters will hold forum on CMS assignment."