Montessori/Traditional Magnets Get Reprieves
Two popular Montessori magnet schools have gotten a reprieve from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ proposed massive upheaval for continuous improvement: Chantilly and Highland Mill were targeted to be mothballed and consolidated at Oakhurst Elementary, under recommendations rolled out last week. That plan got nixed today at a school board workshop, TCO’s Ann Doss Helms is reporting.
Board members Kaye McGarry, Tom Tate, Richard McElrath and Joyce Waddell voted to take the Montessori madness option off the table, Helms reports. The four-vote majority was enough to carry the day because only seven board members were present at the workshop when the vote was called.
Also apparently avoiding major changes: board members voted to pull Mint Hill middle and Ballantyne elementary from a list to undergo boundary changes, while Myers Park and Elizabeth traditional magnets will also dodge the bullet.
With scant new information about the impacts on costs or academic achievement, the board seems to be floundering on substantive changes or even minor tweaks to other myriad proposed changes that touch upwards of 52 schools overall and target a dozen for closure. More community forums and board workshops are slated to be held before final decisions are made, likely by early November.
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