A group of parents have come together to help teachers and school support staff in the six schools in this area feel appreciated. Many people have heard of adopt a senior. The concept is the same but this time, it is adopt a teacher and support a staffer.
The Board voted 7-1 Tuesday night to suspend Policy JJJ for the fall semester, which requires students to have a 2.0 GPA from the prior semester in order to participate in extracurricular activities.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is getting ready to allow even more fans at sporting events after the governor’s newest executive order goes into effect.
Nearly 17,000 people have signed an online petition asking the governor to change the guidelines for mass gatherings at high school athletic events. Per executive order 169, only 100 spectators are allowed at high school outdoor games. But parents say for bigger teams, that barely allows for both p
CMS swimmers were supposed to start their conference meet on Saturday, just two days after the school board voted to pause all high school sports until mid February.
The Observer surveyed 140 public schools in and around Charlotte on the North Carolina side of the border to learn how many football programs have had players transfer out to avoid waiting until February to play their seasons.
The upcoming announcement will provide clarity on opening dates and procedures for workouts to resume with athletes receiving guidance from coaches and staff at CMS facilities and athletic fields.
One big question that’s still in limbo is your child’s chance to play sports this fall. As of Monday night, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools’ parents, players, and coaches say they are still waiting for district officials to decide if there will be any sports this school year.
Parents and students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools received mixed messages about the future of school sports during the 2020-2021 academic year Thursday.
The district returned a questionnaire to the N.C. High School Athletic Association on Thursday and said it would not allow student-athletes to play sports while in remote learning.
The game would’ve been the first high school football game to be played in Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
The South Carolina High School League’s appellate panel voted to not vote on the district’s proposal which would flip the athletic calendar for the upcoming school year.
Dozens of student-athletes, coaches, and parents gathered outside of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District central office Wednesday morning to push school leaders to allow sports in the upcoming school year.
Some of that change came Tuesday when the Union County School Board voted to retire the school nickname at Parkwood High School, which was known as the Rebels.
The NCHSAA held a zoom press conference today but no major announcements were made. They did however clear up a lot of confusion when it comes to the start of the fall sports season.
It was a great day in Union County as high school football teams were allowed to begin off season conditioning, but the same couldn’t be said for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.
“If changes don’t come into place, it’s going to be very hard for us to put any of our fall sports seasons together.” That quote coming from South Carolina High School League commissioner Jerome Singleton as the league starts to look into alternative plans for fall sports seasons
The N.C. High School Athletic Association is lifting its dead period June 15. In an email to its schools Monday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools informed coaches that CMS athletes won’t start until July 6.
Professional athletes and coaches using their voices to protest and speak out in this time of injustice, but a local high school football coach is using his platform as well to evoke change.
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. Something Concord senior Noah Monroe has done numerous times in his life as he gets ready to get his diploma.
History will be made on September 5th as Myers Park and South Pointe will play the first ever high school football game in the 24 year history of Bank of America Stadium. Certainly a night that neither of these teams or communities will ever forget.
South Carolina public schools are closed due to COVID-19 which means no sports. If schools resume soon, sports will as well and with a short period of time before the end of the school year, there won’t be a lot of time to get ready.
At this point, all major sporting events around the world have been cancelled, but the NCHSAA is going with a more positive approach as they have just postponed their basketball state championships.
