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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County. With over 147,000 students enrolled, it is the second-largest school district in North Carolina and the eighteenth-largest in the nation. [2]
Mecklenburg County (/ ˈ m ɛ k l ə n ˌ b ɜːr ɡ /) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wake County), and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) is the police department of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, which includes the City of Charlotte.With 1,817 officers and 525 civilian staff as of 2020, covering an area of 438 square miles (1,130 km 2) with a population of 1,000,000+, it is the largest police department between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia.
List of newspapers [ edit] There were approximately 260 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020. [2] The Fayetteville Observer (established in 1816) is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. The Star-News of Wilmington (established in 1867) is the oldest continuously running newspaper.
Check out our public salary database. Mecklenburg County employs more than 5,900 workers, from social service managers and planners to nurses and librarians. Nearly 400 workers earn more than ...
Website. The Charlotte City Council is the legislative body of the City of Charlotte and forms part of a council–manager system of government. The Council is made up of eleven members and the Mayor, all elected to two-year terms in odd-numbered years. Four Council Members are elected at-large with the other seven representing districts.
The Mecklenburg County Democratic Party ( Meck Dems) is the largest Democratic Party in North Carolina with 322,505 registered Democrats. [2] Meck Dems is the Mecklenburg affiliate of the Democratic Party. It is headquartered in the historic Court Arcade, located in Charlotte . Mecklenburg is the key to Democrats winning at the state and ...
West Charlotte High School was founded in 1938. The original campus became Northwest School of the Arts. It moved to its current location in 1954. [2] West Charlotte is one of the few high schools still in existence whose students were African American during the era of segregation. [3]