CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will be in Charlotte Friday afternoon, pushing for money to pay for class size changes.
[READ MORE: CMS, lawmakers have heated discussion over smaller class sizes]
The visit comes as districts across the Tarheel State scramble to meet the state mandate for smaller class sizes.
On Thursday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district officials said the district would have to spend $23 million to hire 353 more teachers, and spend $20 million on classroom trailers.
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