By James E. Ford Presentation to CMS Board on April 12, 2016 I’ve written and spoken pretty extensively on issue of student assignment from the student and teacher perspective. But today I speak as a CMS parent and concerned Charlottean. There once was a time when we could say that we didn’t know. We didn’t […]
Presented to the Board of Education February 9, 2016 Good evening, My name is Kayla Romero. I come to this podium wearing multiple hats…I was a former CMS teacher at Ranson IB Middle School, I’m a member of several community organizations, I’m a millennial who is currently debating if Charlotte will remain home and where […]
Carol Sawyer to CMS Board of Education October 13, 2015 But before we use ‘choice’ as a driver of pupil assignment, let’s examine why parents want choice: We enrolled our first grader in 1999. From the beginning, we used ‘magnet choice’ to avoid schools with revolving door principals, inexperience staff, and meager course offerings. Yet, […]
Katie Hughes, PhD to the CMS Board of Education October 13, 2015 Good evening ladies and gentlemen of the school board. I am here tonight to voice my opinion about the upcoming student assignment plan that is going to take place next year. I live in Huntersville and I do not want my son to […]
Presented to the Board of Education August 11, 2015 I come to you tonight to request a serious time of reflection and open-mindedness with regard to the hot topic of student assignment. In a tribute to the late President John F. Kennedy, a writer described President Kennedy by saying, “He was like a good teacher, […]
