Browse past news stories for East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, NC.

• What can be done to help others this Thanksgiving? (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:46:56 pm
  EDITOR'S NOTE: Young Voices is an e-mail forum for students college age and younger. To participate, e-mail associate editor Fannie Flono at fflono@charlotteobserver.com.
• Some Myers Park High Parents May Take Their Children Out Of CMS (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:51:23 pm
  Not long after the school board voted to move hundreds of students out of Myers Park High School, some parents are already looking at other options outside of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
• Charlotte School Leaders Approve Controversial Changes (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:21:26 pm
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted late Tuesday night to make changes to relieve overcrowding after heated last-minute appeals by parents at several schools.
• Aspiring journalists visit Observer (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:42:21 am
  About 100 high school students from the Charlotte area attended workshops for aspiring journalists at the Charlotte Observer Tuesday.
• How not to make school zone decisions (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:03:27 am
  We're not sure how the votes will fall when the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board decides tonight on proposals aimed at helping East Mecklenburg High School stay strong.
• Myers Park High Students Protest East Meck Move (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:21:23 pm
  They dont want students in the International Baccalaureate program moved to East Mecklenburg High School.
• CMS students hold rally to keep IB program intact (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:53:08 pm
  The Charlotte - Mecklenburg school board makes a crucial vote this week. They will decide if hundreds of Myers Park High school International Baccalaureate students should be transferred to East Mecklenburg High school.
• Observer forum: Letters to the editor (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 05:01:11 am
  In response to "Partisanship is one thing, but dumb is so different" (Nov. 5 Editorial):
• Student brings gas mask bong to school, police say (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 04:53:08 pm
  Police say a gas mask bong was found inside a male high school student's book bag in east Charlotte.  The incident happened Tuesday, Nov. 3 at East Meck High School which is located on Monroe Road.
• No easy answers on CMS assignment issues (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:03:38 am
  In the month since Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools rolled out controversial plans for reducing crowding and setting new student assignment boundaries for some schools, new proposals emerged - some promising.
• CMS Board Members Again Considering Moving Myers Park Students (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 10:32:53 pm
  Board members said they have two options -- do nothing or move the IB program to East Mecklenburg.
• CMS Leaders Refuse To Rubber-Stamp School Overcrowding Plans (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 02:02:43 pm
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board asked for more options Tuesday night to relieve overcrowding at two schools.
• Some CMS District, School Assignment Lines Don't Match Up (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:47:43 pm
  An election twist has some parents puzzled.
• CMS plan: East gets no new students (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 07:39:29 pm
  East Mecklenburg High School backers voiced dismay today at a staff plan that does nothing to bolster enrollment when their school loses hundreds of students next year.
• Steelers kicker Reed's rep is up for debate (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:12:35 am
  On the surface, Jeff Reed appears to take off-beat to another level — even for a kicker, a notoriously eccentric lot.
• CMS meeting tonight at Harding (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 01:03:21 pm
  The latest proposals by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials to deal with the loss of students at
• CMS boundary meeting tonight (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 04:13:11 pm
  The latest proposals by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials to deal with overcrowding at Eastove
• More Options Added To CMS Student Population Moves (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 03:26:06 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some parents may be surprised to find out they've been thrust into the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools boundary battle that's upset hundreds of parents in the last few months.
• Inside look at CMS overcrowded schools (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 02:52:58 am
  Charlotte - Mecklenburg school (CMS) system is tackling the issue of overcrowding at certain schools. Monday CMS conducted a tour for the media to get a closer look at how cramped some schools are.
• CMS Shows Overcrowding That May Prompt Boundary Changes (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 10:44:32 pm
  Local media was invited to tour Eastover Elementary School and several other schools.
• School board members tour overcrowded schools (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 10:09:55 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Is the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district bursting at the seams? Last Friday, school board members got to see the district's overcrowding problem up close. On Monday, the media was given the same tour.
• CMS needs sensible, firm, consistent rules (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 11:39:25 am
  Three things are clear after Tuesday's Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting.
• Cotswold boundary change off the table in Myers Park rezoning debate (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 05:05:37 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- The most controversial of the ideas to ease overcrowded at Myers Park High School--a boundary change for Cotswold Elementary School students--is no longer an option after a tense school board meeting Tuesday night.
• CMS Favors No Change In Myers Park Attendance Zone (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 03:00:19 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hundreds of parents were relieved after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School board meeting Monday night. There is not enough board support to change the boundaries around the Cotswold neighborhood.
• CMS Board To Talk About Moving Students (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 10:00:19 am
  Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board members planned to make a suggestion to the district superintendent about what to do with hundreds of students.
• Charlotte Parents Divided Over New School Boundaries (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:45:19 pm
  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools outlines the options for moving hundreds of students from Myers Park High School to East Mecklenburg High School.
• YOUNG VOICES: Was Obama's speech to students good idea, or bad idea? (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:52:43 am
  Q..There was quite a bit of uproar from some over President Obama's televised speech
• Observer Forum : Letters to the editor (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 04:02:44 am
  Judge Bill Belk claims he can't resign from Sonic's board because he would lose his health insurance. Sonic's legal counsel has testified that isn't true.
• CMS rezoning rush slows (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:35:37 am
  Support for a quick decision on redrawing Myers Park and East Mecklenburg high school boundaries appears to be eroding, with parent and neighborhood activism surging.
• An inspiration for all CMS alumni (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 04:02:39 am
  You know who you are better than I do. You're the alumni of Charlotte's public high schools. You've been on my mind since I read earlier this week about Bob Silver, East Mecklenburg Class of 1973, who four years ago did a far-sighted and generous thing.