Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill changed her school assignment plan that would lead to overcrowding at Dilworth Elementary after pushback from the community.
The school board has been weighing the superintendent’s recommendation for various changes to student assignment at magnet schools. Changes include moving several magnet programs, adding grades nine and 10 to the district’s current middle colleges and converting Davidson K-8 into an elementary school. Middle school students at Davidson K-8 will move to nearby Bailey Middle.
Part of the original plan Hill proposed on Aug. 13 involved moving around 100 students from Marie G. Davis IB World School in southwest Charlotte to Dilworth Elementary School. It would make room for new students at Marie G. Davis, which will become a Montessori magnet and take on students currently at J.T. Williams Montessori. There was one problem: Dilworth Elementary is already over capacity…