CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — After months of discussion, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board offered some direction on how it wants Superintendent Peter Gorman to proceed with the new student assignment plan.
"This is a process," Gorman said. "It's a slow process, [but] we're making headway."
On Tuesday, board members ranked their top priorities for how students will be assigned to schools. At the top of the list was the home schools category, which references students attending schools close to their homes.
Board members placed diversity in the middle of their list.
Board Member Richard McElrath said the latest version of the district's guiding principles needs to better address all students.
"I don't think it addressed it at all," he said.
McElrath joined members Tom Tate and Kaye McGarry in not supporting the latest version. McGarry said the last two months of discussion about a district overhaul are too similar to a review done five years ago.
The CMS board began the review process in June. For more information on the review, click here.
"I feel like we're going through the same thing," McGarry said, "and what we're ending up with is not a whole lot different."
Some members said they were willing to vote to approve the guidelines on Tuesday, but that did not happen. The lack of approval angered board member Rhonda, who said the review process is wasting too much of the public's time.
The board will vote again next week.
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