CMS Volunteer Opportunity

The Charlotte Observer

July 28, 2008

CMS budget cuts mean help needed at school media centers

You hear, often, that Charlotteans excel at volunteerism. Here's a chance for the city's residents to prove that saying true.

Because the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools expect to get less money from the county than anticipated, Superintendent Peter Gorman says he has to eliminate 331 jobs. School libraries took the biggest wallop: They're losing 11 media specialists (what librarians are now called) and 93.5 assistants.

If you'd like to volunteer you may call an individual school, or, if you don't have a particular school in mind, call the CMS volunteer supervisor, 980-343-6245.

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