The Charlotte Observer

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
In two separate stories, we hear good and bad news from CMS. The droprate is down here and across the state. However, school violence is rising at CMS.

In the dropout news, the droprate among CMS students was 5 percent down from 5.9 percent in the previous year. In school violence news, the rate rose from 8.7 per 1,000 to 9.8.