A school bus driver has been fired and the staff of a morning radio show will be disciplined following an incident in which a stunt reporter for WIBT-FM (“The Beat,” 96.1) climbed aboard a school bus as a prank.
SAT scores, designed to measure college readiness, rose in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and surrounding districts, outstripping national and statewide gains, according to numbers released Tuesday.
A second round of talks about free lunches Tuesday brought the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board no clarity about how many families might be cheating and whether the board is making smart spending decisions.
Monday brought a smooth first day of school for tens of thousands of kids across the Charlotte region, although Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bused its last kids home two hours late and traffic snarled around several schools.