Parent Teacher Magazine Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools September 2017 | Page 7

Police officers help get kids ready for school
Annual shopping event to be held at Target Northlake
Board of Education approves $1.4 billion operating
budget
Teachers, principals, bus drivers and other employees
receive pay raises
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #9 held its
annual Back To School FOP Cops and Kids program Saturday, Aug. 19 at
the Target at 9841 Northlake Centre Parkway in Charlotte. For this annual
event, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police worked closely
with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and other community partners to identify
students who need a little extra help.
Members of the Fraternal Order of Police took the selected students shopping
for school supplies and clothes.
“We hope that by helping them with purchases of school supplies and
clothing, they can start the school year on a positive note,” said Randy
Hagler, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Police Department, which
participated in the event.
The shopping trip was funded by contributions from the community to the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #9.
“On behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police and children of our community,
we thank everyone for their support,” said Mark Michalec, president of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg FOP Lodge #9. “We also thank Target for partnering
with us to serve the kids.”
The Frateral Order of Police includes men and women in law enforcement
throughout Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Members serve in all
capacities of law enforcement, including local, state and federal agencies.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education approved the 2017-2018
operating budget at its regular meeting August 8. The total budget is
$1.4 billion and provides raises for all district employees. The budget
in cludes funding from federal, state, local and other sources.
The budget gives an average increase of 3.3 percent to teachers and
other certified staff. Principals and assistant principals will receive a raise
of seven percent on total gross pay. Bus drivers will receive a $1,500
increase. All other full-time, non-certified employees will receive $1,000
or a three percent increase, whichever is greater. Occupational therapists
and physical therapists will be put on the newly approved salary schedule
that is based on ranges set by the North Carolina State Board of
Education.
Other budget highlights are the addition of six social workers and six
counselors to provide social and emotional support to students, and
money to cover an anticipated enrollment increase of 753 students. CMS
will also open five new schools in the 2017-2018 school year.
As part of its continuing effort to streamline costs and maximize the
available funding from the state and the county, CMS also reduced
funding by more than $1 million in central-administration departments.
- Family Fun Workout -
Crunch It Up Charades!
Everyone should know how to play the classic game of charades, if not search for the instructions online. We've decided to add an ab
buster routine to the classic game and its pretty simple. While one teammate is acting out their role the other teammates are doing one
of these variation of crunches while attempting to guess the role being played by their teammate:
- Basic Crunches
- Bicycle Crunches
- Reverse Crunches
- V-sit Crunches
*** The team must continue doing crunches until someone on the team correctly identifies the role being played by teammate.***
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