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Classes grow, so does debate: CMS braces for crowded schools as backers, critics spar over bond amount.
Byline: Peter Smolowitz and Ann Doss Helms
Jun. 24--As debate rages over the price tag of a school-construction bond on the November ballot, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will add more than enough mobile classrooms this summer to fill another high school.
New enrollment projections call for the district to add 129 of the portable classrooms, bringing the total to nearly 1,300.
Last school year, 20,000 mostly suburban students crammed into mobiles -- an enrollment that would rank as one of the state's 20 largest school systems.
The statistics illustrate CMS's struggle to cope with unyielding growth. Forecasts call for 57,400 additional students to join the state's largest district over the next decade.
County commissioners are to decide July 10 on the size of the bond package. Proposals range from $486 million to nearly $617 million, and a split vote is expected.
Republicans favor the lower amount, which would likely mean a higher percentage of…
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