Since WTVI's "Final Edition" ended, I've always been surprised when people say they saw me on TV. Turns out quite a few folks watch Superintendent Peter Gorman's weekly news conferences on CMS-TV.
Not anymore. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted to eliminate the station with the start of the 2010-11 budget year tomorrow. This morning the departing staff was busy packing up equipment. For the first time since Gorman arrived in 2006, he talked to a crew that didn't include his own TV station.
Gorman wasn't sure what people will see on Channel 3 now -- at one point he'd joked about putting school board meetings on a continuous loop.
The first fresh material will come at the school board's regular meeting July 27 (the board takes a summer break earlier in the month). It'll be filmed by the crew that does all meetings in the Government Center, and will continue to air on Channel 3 for now. Eventually, Gorman said, CMS will have to relinquish the channel.
A week before that, the school board will start another round of special meetings focused on changes in student assignment and related topics for 2011-12. The budget doesn't include money to record those meetings, so they won't be on the air or streamed on the Internet.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Gorman Show goes off the air
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11 comments:
First the Brady Bunch then this, what is TV coming to?
Ann, some of us are still looking for the list of teachers that were lay-off. What's the status with that?
Why do you need a list of teachers who were laid off? Nosey much?
I'm supposed to get the list tomorrow.
And why are Pete and Co, stonewalling on hiring teachers back? The County has passed a budget. The State has passed a budget. They know how much money is being cut. Is it because they want to make sure they can hire as many TFA teachers as they can, and avoid rehiring laid off teachers?
They're not "Your (Our) Schools."
We just pay for them.
some people want to see what schools lost the most teachers/staff; although I don't think they list will surprise anyway. big surprise
You laid a boat load of teachers off (some were the good ones) and here you are hiring new teachers at some schools. I just don't get it.
CMS and Gorman blow!!!!
Barf on Gorman and his wasted money for the last few years on worthless CMS TV.
The published lists are somewhat misleading. Many people did lose their jobs, but several individuals were lucky enough to retire or were hired as retired former CMS employees. Hopefully, those persons that were good employees will be rehired.
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