The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education is moving to formally dissolve its Office of Compliance and Ethics, which was created in 2019 after the ousting of two superintendents in five years and scrutiny over a contract signed under former Superintendent Clayton Wilcox.
A board committee voted last week to recommend retiring the 2019 policy that created the Office of Compliance. The head of that office, the chief compliance officer, reported directly to the board, not CMS administration.
But board vice chair Dee Rankin told WFAE the previous compliance officer was moved to a different position in the district, the position was eliminated as part of a board restructuring, and the duties of the office were shifted to another that also reports directly to the board: the Office of General Counsel…