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CMS: New Guy; Same Spin
I was really geared up to be wowed by Peter Gorman’s reform plan — he has certainly said many of the right things, and even little details of his plan,…
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What's the Point?
Say hello to the Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education. It is, we are being told, the latest group of outsiders trying to flog CMS to change. Except no one in…
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The Spin Job
Ta-da! A scant few hours after County Manager Harry Jones’ budget calls for a $10 million increase in CMS funding over last year, CMS calls a press conference to detail…
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The Showdown
The Good. Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones called for a 1.2 percent property tax rate cut for next year’s budget. The Bad. The $1.34 billion budget is an 8.2 percent…
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It is Gorman
Wow — so it is an 8-0 vote in favor of offering the CMS superintendent job to Peter Gorman. Board member Larry Gauvreau abstained arguing that the Board did not,…
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Whole Kit and Caboodle
As predicted last week CMS board vice-chair Kit Cramer has emerged as the possible swing vote in the superintendent choice and, surprisingly, on CMS budget matters. Cramer evidently has been…
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Guilford for Mecklenburg?
The Rhino Times is reporting that Guilford County schools chief Terry Grier is among the finalists for the top job at CMS. The news comes at the same time that…
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Haithcock – In.
After much mystery, one of the applicants for the job of CMS superintendent is Interim Superintendent Frances Haithcock. Or so says CMS board member Vilma Leake. Make of that what…
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Inside the Independence Stabbing
There’s a conspiracy of silence about last Friday’s stabbing at Independence High. Two key facts have yet to make it to the wider public although they are widely remarked upon…
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Manning Goes Nuclear
Wake Superior Court Judge Howard Manning has arrived at the same conclusion any serious, objective critic of CMS has arrived at in recent months: Blow it up and start over.…