CMS Comprehensive Student Assignment Review... (Charlotte: 2015, neighborhood, school district)

[SunshineCJ]

Something to watch over the next 18 months, CMS Comprehensive Student Assignment Review aka Redistricting in some parts, aka something else when a school district and BOE members start talking about "diversity"...

From last night's CMS Board Meeting:

Agenda for Board Work Session 2015-0526.pdf

Comparison 1999 to 2013 chart.pdf

POLICY: STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLAN


CMS weighs diversity in upcoming student assignment plan

CMS weighs diversity in upcoming student assignment plan | The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Observer

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders took their first steps Tuesday in weighing how sweeping they want the upcoming student assignment plan to be – and how big a role it will play in helping struggling schools.

Diversity was the key point of discussion. School board members broadly agreed that many of the district’s neighborhood schools are not diverse, but they did not come to a consensus on how to address that.

...The school board will be working on the assignment plan well into 2016. By then, CMS is slated to have a new superintendent, who may come in with his or her own ideas.

...Some school board members broached the topic of using student assignment to make schools more diverse, a politically fraught issue that has landed CMS in court in decades past...

...Board member Tom Tate said he originally voted against the student assignment principles when they last came up in 2010 because diversity wasn’t a big enough part. Instead, the district has gone with a series of other initiatives, including beefing up staff in high-poverty schools, to try to move the needle.

“We’ve tried lots of things over the last five years,” Tate said. “Is it possible that student assignment is one of the things we really need to take seriously this time because student assignment becomes a block to students getting the education they need?”

[GoPhils]

This will go over well..

I was most surprised by the comment saying there are less white and black students in CMS than last year. That's certainly a surprise due to Charlotte's growth. As the article mentioned, probably a lot of people choosing charter schools (and as it didn't mention, moving to surrounding counties instead).