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<br />Patrick Cannon: `There
<br />is new day in Charlotte'
<br />math course rigor, the ACf
<br />The Cabarrus system
<br />lVorkl(eys, the four -year
<br />was 50.3 percent proficient
<br />graduation rate, the five-
<br />on all EOG and EOC tests
<br />year graduation rate and
<br />combined.
<br />vrhether or not there is a
<br />The areas where the
<br />required graduation praj-
<br />district had the highest
<br />ect.
<br />proficiency rates we re
<br />Even before Thursday's
<br />eighth -grade science, with
<br />release educators around
<br />6e'
<br />70.8 percent, compared
<br />to were prepar-
<br />to the state's 59.1 percent,
<br />ing students, parents and
<br />and English II, with 57.2
<br />the community for lower
<br />percent, compared to the
<br />end -of- course (EDC) and
<br />state's 51.1 percent
<br />end of- -grade (EOG) test
<br />Sixth -grade math, with
<br />scores due to higher stan-
<br />41.0 percent, compared
<br />dards and new tests. Also
<br />to the state's 30.9 percent,
<br />because of these changes,
<br />and fifth -grade science,
<br />they said test scores can-
<br />with 42.8 percent, com-
<br />not be compared to prev - s-
<br />pared to the state's 45.1
<br />ous years,
<br />percent, were the. areas
<br />"Students today are ex-
<br />with the lowest proficiency
<br />peected to solve problems
<br />scores across the Cabarrus
<br />that 87 of 9l federal targets
<br />were met, or 95.6 percent,
<br />and 187 of 210 state targets,
<br />or 89 percent, were met.
<br />The Cabarrus system
<br />met 81 of 86 federal tar-
<br />gets, or 94.2 percent, and
<br />168 of 185 state targets, or
<br />90:8 percent.
<br />The Kannapolis system
<br />met 51 of 67 federal tar-
<br />gets, or 76.1 percent, and
<br />109 of 140 state targets, or
<br />77.9 percent
<br />For more information
<br />about the results, visit
<br />www.ncpubIicschuaIs..
<br />orgiaccountabilitylre-
<br />porting
<br />ICcnlact repor:ef Jessica Groc
<br />Pa cA 704- 784.9152
<br />"DariDd' went to Gastonia
<br />to drink and smoke crack
<br />cocaine.
<br />They came back to the
<br />Karmapobs house . early
<br />the next morning, and
<br />Mays said in his statement
<br />that Christi Stewart had
<br />been drinking and had
<br />rearranged the furniture,
<br />and items belonging to
<br />May's deceased mother
<br />were strewn about_
<br />It was then, Mays said,
<br />knives, and wet rags In
<br />the kitchen and bathroom
<br />sinks suggest Mays tried to
<br />clean up after himself.
<br />Mays took a flat - screen
<br />TV, a VVh gaming system,
<br />Christi Stewart's Ford Ex-
<br />plorer and several of her
<br />personal items with him,
<br />which were later found In
<br />a mobile home in Gasto-
<br />nia.
<br />Vaneekboven said Mark
<br />Stewart probably came to
<br />World famcus
<br />model train
<br />maker Lionel
<br />Corp. will hold its
<br />second annual
<br />vaarehousesale
<br />on Saturday from
<br />8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
<br />at its Concord
<br />headquarters
<br />at 6301
<br />Performance
<br />Drive SW. The
<br />event will
<br />feature dozens
<br />of working trains
<br />at different price
<br />levels, as well
<br />as NASCAR die
<br />casts, Christmas
<br />ornaments and
<br />oth items.
<br />sentence, even Bridges
<br />looked jarred by the hor-
<br />rendous crime.
<br />"Words are not suffi-
<br />cient, I know, to describe
<br />the pain and suffering that
<br />you been going through,"
<br />he told the family 1 doet
<br />know if this plea will ever
<br />provide closure, because
<br />the loss has been so
<br />great."
<br />Contact reporterPm Reaves at
<br />704.789.9131.
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<br />Public Hearing Notice
<br />The Salisbury -Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. Community
<br />Service Block Grant (CSSG) Program has scheduled a Public Hearing
<br />at 4;00 p.m. on Monday, November 25, 2013. The purpose of the
<br />hearing is to consider the Community Service Block Grant budget
<br />of $383,809.00 for the 2014 -2015 program year. The hearing will be
<br />held in the library of the Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency
<br />(Cabarrus Office) at 1413 Sedan Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 26083.
<br />All interested persons are invited to attend and participate In the
<br />Public Hearing. For more inforrnaiion, please call 704.633.6633.
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<br />Patrick Cannon Is congratulated by supporters after giving his acceptance speech at the
<br />campaign watch party at the Sheraton Charlotte on Tuesday.
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