A week before classes start, CMS still has 360 teacher vacancies: Tuesday, Aug. 23

Some schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district are going into the new school year with the same problem facing thousands of other schools in the United States — not having enough teachers. A week before classes are set to start CMS still has 360 open teacher positions. Despite the teacher vacancies the district — which employs around 9,000 teachers — said 96% of classroom positions are filled.When there’s not a teacher to cover a class the quality of education suffers, and so do the teachers who must pick up the workload.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/cms-360-teacher-vacancies-week-before-school-starts/275-95229deb-076c-4424-ae32-99a837613775The debate continues over how to reduce carbon emissions from energy production in the state.The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) is weighing comments and proposals for a carbon-reduction plan with the final two public hearings set to take place on Tuesday. The commission must craft its plan by the year’s end, as required by a 2021 energy reform law with climate goals of curbing carbon emissions by 70% by 2030 as compared to 2005 levels and reaching net-zero carbon by 2050.Plus, Baker Mayfield is the Panthers' new starting QB. How do you think they'll do this season? READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/tech/science/environment/carbon-plan-development-public-hearing-nc/275-c580891c-936f-4ee5-8f04-89ad5e6dc7c9