Since becoming the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent in 2023, Dr. Crystal Hill has overseen academic gains, helped secure a record-setting $2.5 billion bond for school construction, and has healed the relationship between Mecklenburg County and the school district, with the county fully funding the district’s budget requests for the last four years. But for reasons that aren’t totally clear yet, Hill is in the crossfire, and her future is in doubt.
As Channel 9 reported on Thursday, the board is turning to a powerful law firm to investigate Hill. School Board Chair Stephanie Sneed is declining to share specifics but claims the allegations are serious.
“The board became aware of allegations that were concerning to us and related to administrative and operational oversight,” Sneed said last week…