CMS Violence, Mask Mandate Limbo: Charlotte Week In Review

CHARLOTTE, NC — Miss any headlines in Charlotte this week? Patch's week in review has you covered for the neighborhood's top news.

1) CMS promises to hire more Title IX staff to handle sexual assault complaints (Read More)

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston held a news briefing Friday morning to detail new policies for handling reported sexual assaults in CMS schools.

2) School violence town hall draws hundreds (Read More)

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools' board member Rhonda Cheek believes metal detectors and clear backpacks are two practical solutions to alarming school violence this school year.

3) Governor Cooper approves state budget including racetrack funds (Read More)

Governor Roy Cooper has approved the state budget including money that will be directed toward infrastructure costs at Rockingham, North Wilkesboro and Charlotte Motor Speedway.

4) $300,000 a month COVID hotel shutting down because no one is staying there (Read More)

Mecklenburg County leased an undisclosed hotel in March of 2020 to serve as a place to quarantine unhoused residents who contracted COVID-19.

5) Mask Mandate end in question as numbers tick back up (Read More)

Mecklenburg County has an indoor mask mandate that will only expire when cases drop below a five percent positivity rate for 7 days or more.

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