The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education approved a series of changes this week aimed at overhauling the district’s magnet programs, with most of the changes set to take effect in the 2027-28 school year.
The approved changes affect magnet programs, transportation zones and feeder patterns at dozens of schools. The changes will affect schools that currently offer visual and performing arts, world languages, STEM and Early and Middle Colleges choice programs.
CMS will eliminate magnet arts programs at Crestdale Middle School, Greenway Park Elementary School and Long Creek Elementary School. Officials say that schools will continue to have access to arts education, regardless of whether they are a designated magnet school…