The chair of the North Carolina State House Education Committee says she’s monitoring the ongoing chaos in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
State Rep. Tricia Cotham told Channel 9 Government Reporter Joe Bruno that she applauds Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather for asking for a review by the State Bureau of Investigation.
It all stems from a whirlwind of a month in CMS that saw the firing of Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill, the resignation of multiple school district leaders and executive staffers, and new questions about hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of contracts awarded to a friend of the school board chair…