As concerned citizens, parents and voters we respectfully request that the construction of a new high school in Southwest Charlotte be made a top priority by the school board and board of county commissioners here in Mecklenburg County.
- The latest census report showed that the Steele Creek population had increased by 106%, which is 32% more than the average rate in Mecklenburg County. This pattern of growth is in the Southwest area.
- Around one third of the population in Steele Creek is in the school age range. This means there will be a rapidly growing enrollment at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in this area.
- The current overcrowding in the Southwest area is an urgent matter, as student enrollment continues to rise. The land is there. The time is now to appropriate the funding.
- Olympic High School is the only high school in the Southwest area. This high school is already over capacity even with its 25 + modular classrooms. It will not be able to sustain the increasing student population growth. We need another option. We want another option.
- 1,000-2,000 new homes and mulit-family units are or have been built with hundreds more planned. We need this high school, NOW, to address the overcrowding in the Southern region of the county!!!
There is already a referendum prepared to be placed on the ballot during the 2016 election cycle. Please, take the steps necessary to secure the new funds necessary for this new school construction now. The neighborhoods in and surrounding the Steele Creek, Ayrsley, and Rivergate communities are growing at a faster rate than in a majority of Mecklenburg County.
Certainly, as voters and parents, we seek and expect your support for capital funding of not just a new high school for our community but new schools where they are needed throughout the county. Our expectation is to work with CMS and the Mecklenburg County Commission where and whenever possible to achieve this goal.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
February 25, 2016
February 23, 2016
The school board and county commissioners are acting like our kids do not exist while they collect taxes on every new home built in Steele Creek. We are almost at 100 signatures and we need to push past this milestone to force them to look at the reality of this overcrowding. Keep the pressure on until they stop ignoring the Southwest.
206 Comments
We have had several friend in recent years sell their homes and move a couple miles down the road because they had children entering high school. Since 1998 we have had several elementary schools open but no middle or high schools.
Last quarter my son was late every day for 3rd block because he could not get from the learning cottages on one side to the learning cottages on the other because the hallways were so crowded. He was excused because admin walked it one day and agreed it was impossible to get there on time.
I have lived in Steele Creek for 15 years and a high school is sorely needed. There has been 4 elementary schools built in the last 8 years, in there area, but no high schools. I read there was 70% growth in the last 10 years. We were slated for a new school near the Palisades and then in 2008 the recession hit.
The planning in southwest charlotte is horrible. The city is good at approving permits for residential developments, but horrible about providing the infastructure that is needed with all the new homes. improving the school system is beyond needed.
My son goes to Olympic and my daughter will join him in a year and a half. Olympic is so overcrowded at times, the kids don't even have a desk! Please build our children a new school in SW Charlotte! Look at all the residential growth happening! CMS MUST keep up!
We need new high school please
We need this in southwest Charlotte the growth is booming
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As concerned citizens, parents and voters we respectfully request that the construction of a new high school in Southwest Charlotte be made a top priority by the school board and board of county commissioners here in Mecklenburg County.
- The latest census report showed that the Steele Creek population had increased by 106%, which is 32% more than the average rate in Mecklenburg County. This pattern of growth is in the Southwest area.
- Around one third of the population in Steele Creek is in the school age range. This means there will be a rapidly growing enrollment at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in this area.
- The current overcrowding in the Southwest area is an urgent matter, as student enrollment continues to rise. The land is there. The time is now to appropriate the funding.
- Olympic High School is the only high school in the Southwest area. This high school is already over capacity even with its 25 + modular classrooms. It will not be able to sustain the increasing student population growth. We need another option. We want another option.
- 1,000-2,000 new homes and mulit-family units are or have been built with hundreds more planned. We need this high school, NOW, to address the overcrowding in the Southern region of the county!!!
There is already a referendum prepared to be placed on the ballot during the 2016 election cycle. Please, take the steps necessary to secure the new funds necessary for this new school construction now. The neighborhoods in and surrounding the Steele Creek, Ayrsley, and Rivergate communities are growing at a faster rate than in a majority of Mecklenburg County.
Certainly, as voters and parents, we seek and expect your support for capital funding of not just a new high school for our community but new schools where they are needed throughout the county. Our expectation is to work with CMS and the Mecklenburg County Commission where and whenever possible to achieve this goal.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
February 25, 2016
February 23, 2016
The school board and county commissioners are acting like our kids do not exist while they collect taxes on every new home built in Steele Creek. We are almost at 100 signatures and we need to push past this milestone to force them to look at the reality of this overcrowding. Keep the pressure on until they stop ignoring the Southwest.
206 Comments
CMS needs to keep politics and social engineering out of this process. It needs to build neighborhood schools in areas where there is tremendous population growth. No child should ever have to ride the bus for 45+ minutes to get to their school from home.
We have had several friend in recent years sell their homes and move a couple miles down the road because they had children entering high school. Since 1998 we have had several elementary schools open but no middle or high schools.
Last quarter my son was late every day for 3rd block because he could not get from the learning cottages on one side to the learning cottages on the other because the hallways were so crowded. He was excused because admin walked it one day and agreed it was impossible to get there on time.
I have lived in Steele Creek for 15 years and a high school is sorely needed. There has been 4 elementary schools built in the last 8 years, in there area, but no high schools. I read there was 70% growth in the last 10 years. We were slated for a new school near the Palisades and then in 2008 the recession hit.
The planning in southwest charlotte is horrible. The city is good at approving permits for residential developments, but horrible about providing the infastructure that is needed with all the new homes. improving the school system is beyond needed.
My son goes to Olympic and my daughter will join him in a year and a half. Olympic is so overcrowded at times, the kids don't even have a desk! Please build our children a new school in SW Charlotte! Look at all the residential growth happening! CMS MUST keep up!
We need new high school please
We need this in southwest Charlotte the growth is booming
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CMS needs to keep politics and social engineering out of this process. It needs to build neighborhood schools in areas where there is tremendous population growth. No child should ever have to ride the bus for 45+ minutes to get to their school from home.