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Vision plan laid out for CMS.
Byline: Steve Lyttle
Feb. 18--You would have a local office to visit to appeal a student's suspension, or to deal with bus transportation issues. Teachers wouldn't have to travel to the Education Center to have questions answered about benefits or tenure. And you would probably see the area superintendent at your civic group, ready to answer questions about the school system.
That's the vision Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have for their proposed regionalization plan, which they announced Wednesday. It creates six regions, called "learning communities," plus a seventh community for low-performing schools called the Achievement Zone, to provide services for the schools and community. The biggest of the communities, Central, will have 40 schools. The other communities have a considerably smaller number of schools, with the number of students served ranging from about 17,700 (Central) to almost 25,000 (Northeast).
By the 2010-11 school year, CMS officials project, each of the communities will serve about 25,000 students. The idea is to improve service, not to make…
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