Education
School busing: Rhonda Lennon tells it like it is
By Dave Vieser. Will your child be guaranteed a seat in a nearby public school? Rhonda Lennon, CMS board member, says yes, and she aims to keep it that way, despite discussion to the contrary on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education. The Cornelius resident has been a member of the board since 2009, and […]
CMS board member at Newsmakers Breakfast Thursday
Cornelius resident Rhonda Lennon, a member of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education, will be in the hot seat at the Cornelius Today/Business Today Newsmakers Breakfast Thursday morning at The Peninsula Club. Lennon was elected to the Board of Education in 2009 to represent District 1, the northern part of Mecklenburg County. CMS is in […]
Bailey Middle School band earns honors
March 17. The Bailey Performing Band, made up of sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade band students, attended the South Central District Music Performance Adjudication on March 10. For the fourth year in a row, the band earned a rating of Superior, which is the highest rating possible.
Rhonda Lennon: CMS board member takes lonely stand
By Dave Yochum. Will your child be guaranteed a seat in a nearby school in future years? Right now, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools students are assigned to a home school based on their residential address, not race or income. Rhonda Lennon, CMS board member from North Mecklenburg, aims to keep it that way. The Cornelius resident was […]
Internationally-renowned cellist will perform with area orchestra students
Feb. 1. Tina Guo will join orchestra students from Bailey Middle School, Hough High School, and other area charter, public, and private schools for a special performance Feb. 23. Guo has played with such well-known performers as Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Ariana Grande, John Legend, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson. After her Carnegie Hall debut […]
Business, trash back to normal
Jan. 25. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are closed, but most businesses in Cornelius will open and operate as usual. Garbage service is up and running, with the town’s contractor doing Friday’s route today as well as Monday’s regular route. Banks will open after many of them took a three-day snow holiday. If your trash collection was […]
Meet N-i-n-a W-h-i-t-e-s-i-d-e, spelling champ
By Dave Vieser. If you live in Cornelius and need to know how a word is spelled, 10-year old Nina Whiteside can help. She won the Cornelius Elementary School’s spelling bee for three consecutive years and also placed third in last year’s regional spelling bee. In the most recent Cornelius competition, should took first place by […]
There’s a new crossing guard at Cornelius Elementary School
By Dave Vieser. No one can accuse 74-year-old Alan Eakin of leading a dull life. The retired architect, musician and still-active Southern Baptist minister is also the friendly gentleman directing traffic school days at the Cornelius Elementary School crosswalk on Catawba Avenue. He took over the post this fall after the former crossing guard, Robert Jarosz, […]
Cornelius students put Panther Pride in writing
Jan. 11. By Dave Vieser. In the midst of their most successful season ever, the Carolina Panthers have attracted some enthusiastic young fans at Cornelius Elementary School where students are writing about their favorite players and why the Panthers are their favorite team. Two students (boy and girl) will be chosen from each class to have their pictures taken on […]
Friends of the Animals breaks ground for 11,500 square foot facility in Mooresville
Jan. 11. Friends of the Animals has secured a new site for an 11,500-square-foot Pet Education and Adoption Center in Mooresville. The search for new land took more than a year—utilities were the hold-up at the old site—but the pet rescue organization will remain in the same vicinity off I-77 between Exit 31 and Exit […]
