Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is investigating the Chambers High booster club. Here’s why
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is investigating allegations of a misuse of funds by the Chambers High School booster club, according to a CMS spokesperson.
CMS official Eddie Perez said the investigation has been ongoing for four weeks. There is no timetable for a conclusion.
The Observer left messages for Chambers principal Erik Turner, who was not on campus Tuesday morning.
At the high school level, booster clubs are generally run by parents of the school’s students and athletic supporters. The clubs mainly function to support a school’s athletic teams by raising funds via concession stands, raffles and sometimes member dues. They also raise direct funds via business ads.
Chambers, which opened in 1997, has enjoyed tremendous athletic success.
The football team, which lost in a second round playoff at Asheville’s AC Reynolds High on Friday, had played in the previous four state championship games in the state’s largest class, winning two. Last March, the girls basketball team became the first North Carolina 4A school to win three consecutive state championships.
Two years ago, the school changed its named from Zebulon B. Vance High to Julius Chambers. The school was originally named for Vance, a former North Carolina governor who owned slaves and was a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Chambers officially opened under its new name for the 2021-22 school year.
Chambers was a prominent civil rights attorney. In 1971, he won a Supreme Court ruling that desegregated buses in the CMS district, leading to the integration of the school system.
This is a developing story.
This story was originally published November 15, 2022 at 10:37 AM.
