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“This initiative means so much—it’ll let us truly invest in the community we’re a part of and focus even more on our students and our teaching.”
CHARLOTTE — They’re priced out of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, but still teaching here. Finding affordable housing is often a real challenge for teachers who struggle to make ends meet.
Leaders with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are looking at a few ideas to lower the cost of housing for hundreds of educators like Shannon McLeod, who say they’re constantly getting a lesson in how to make their own ends meet.
“What really keeps me teaching is my love for students, it’s definitely not the salary,” McLeod told Channel 9′s Jonathan Lowe.
Cheaper Charlotte rent, home price cuts revealed in CMS plan to recruit teachers
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders say cheaper rent and price cuts for homes will help recruit teachers to the district at a press conference at Esperanza Global Academy in east Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, November 14, 2024.
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