Two more Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders to leave district amid exodus
Two more Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders are departing the district in January, according to an email sent Monday and a school board member.
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CMS Chief Operations Officer Tim Ivey submitted his intent to retire, a school board member confirmed to The Charlotte Observer. That makes him the fourth member of Superintendent Crystal Hill’s cabinet to announce their departure this month.
Tangela Williams, a CMS associate superintendent of human resources, will also leave the district. She told HR staff she would be retiring, effective Jan. 1, citing increasing caregiving responsibilities for a close relative. A source close to the district shared the email with the Observer.
“While this decision has not come easily, I know it is the right one for my family at this time,” Williams wrote.
The announcements come on the heels of three other high-profile departure decisions: Earlier this month, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Kluttz and Deputy Superintendent Melissa Balknight submitted notices that they plan to retire. Chief Human Resources Officer Angela Woods told the district she is resigning. Each of those resignations will also take effect in January.
Meanwhile, some CMS board members will be seeking the removal of Board Chair Stephanie Sneed as leader at its next regular meeting Sept. 22. Vice Chair Dee Rankin will oversee the vote, Sneed said in an email to fellow board members Friday.
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“This communication is intended to place the board on notice,” it stated. “I am formally asserting that I have been subjected to unlawful targeting, bullying, discrimination, harassment and retaliation in connection with my service on the board.”
The email stated three board members requested the vote: Cynthia Stone of district 5, at-large member Monty Witherspoon and at-large member Lenora Shipp.
It’s the latest in months of upheaval. This summer saw a lengthy and expensive summer investigation into Superintendent Crystal Hill regarding “administrative and operational oversight.” The school board voted Aug. 11 to return Hill to her job but remained tight-lipped about the probe. The board’s investigation cost taxpayers more than $379,000.
The board has promised to release a report on the investigation and its findings by the end of September.
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