Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Closed Monday, Feb 1st. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will be closed on Monday, Feb. 1, for all students due to inclement weather conditions from this past weekend. ... Schools slow to hire certified trainers Eleven of 18 public high schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district have certified trainers, CMS athletics director Vicki Hamilton said. Berry, East Mecklenburg, Garinger, Harding, Myers Park, Waddell and West Charlotte do not have them. Those schools, as required by law, have trained first responders certified in first aid, CPR and use of the automatic defibrillator. "Certified athletic trainers save lives and help prevent suffering," said Kevin Guskiewicz, chairman of the University of North Carolina Department of Exercise and Sport Science and director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. "Everyone agrees with that." All of Wake Coun... Sun, salt might help clear Charlotte roads later Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have not made a decision on Monday cancellations. After a Saturday in which Mecklenburg Medic EMS reported responding to more than 50 accidents in the Charlotte area, roads were quieter today, CMPD and N.C. Highway Patrol reported. Medic reported one multi-vehicle accident Sunday morning with a trapped victim on Colony Road and Summerlin Place. Two people were taken to Carolinas Medical Center, including one with life-threatening injuries. Charlotte Observer carriers are experiencing difficulties delivering papers to many neighborhoods where roads are icy. Carriers are hopeful they can deliver papers today as roads clear... Weather wreaks havoc on high school schedules Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools planned to play a full schedule of high school basketball games Friday night, but early-arriving snow forced a change. Friday's Sweet 16 girls' showdown between No.1 East Mecklenburg and No.2 Butler was postponed. The schools will have a doubleheader starting Monday at 6 at Butler. The Sweet 16 boys' showdown with No.2 Lake Norman at No.1 Hopewell also was postponed until Monday. Ardrey Kell at Myers Park, Mallard Creek at Vance and Providence at Independence also were postponed until Monday. Those doubleheaders will start at 6. Waddell's games at West Mecklenburg were moved to Wednesday, Feb.10. Tipoff will be at 6 p.m. The hom... Hiring freeze at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools The forecast of another tough budget year ahead has Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders taking another major cost-cutting move. An immediate hiring freeze ... Across the Region The latest from Mecklenburg, the region and the state ... will lead the new Dilworth neighborhood elementary school opening in August, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials said Monday. ... Sat. events, Sun. Haiti project are off; game ON - DavidsonNews.net Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools announced Friday that all Saturday, Jan. 30, events at public schools will be canceled. All Saturday activities and any ...

CMS job fair out, teacher auditions in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will require prospective teachers to audition at "teaching camps" this year as part of a focus on finding talent rather than just filling classrooms. "We will discontinue the annual Spring Job Fair because it was designed to attract high numbers of applicants, not necessarily top performers," says a report Superintendent Peter Gorman sent to the school board Friday. "Instead, we will establish teaching camps where applicants must demonstrate teaching skills in front of a selection panel. Applicants who show strong skills will then be placed into a hiring pool." In more prosperous times, thousands lined up for the job fairs. Last...