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August 2007

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The Holler

When I want to escape the madness, I head for my secluded mountain cabin - er, pink brick ranch house - where every day on the mountain is different. Very different.

The New Retro

Fashion-forward Laura Vinroot Poole and her architect husband, Perry, created an iconic, stylish home that’s part eclectic Old World charm, part modern—the perfect backdrop for this...

Behind the Numbers

Garinger and E.E. Waddell high schools share the problems common to many Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools that draw from largely disadvantaged populations. Well over half of the students at each...

Coming of Age

As simple as A-B-C, uno, dos, tresUpon entering the doors of Collinswood Language Academy, you’ll see the typical signs that flank a school’s entrance—those that list school...

More Things Change

As attendance at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues to grow by roughly 5,000 students each year, many parents complain that CMS has become a giant grown so large it can no longer see its own...

First Year Review

A year ago, you told us that the community had lost trust in CMS. How have you tried to regain it?People seem to have just latched on to telling the truth. People like it when you mess up and you...

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An Issue of Plenty

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Vera Bradley Outlet Sale Comes to Charlotte

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