CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A feasibility report was presented Wednesday night after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools passed the Municipal Concerns Act in August.

• Overcrowding is a concern in the district
• School assignment is another concern
• Board members who were hesitant passing the act were happy to see figures 

Superintendent Dr. Clayton Wilcox was tasked to look at things like overcrowding and the future of school assignments.

A lot of numbers and percentages were looked at, but one thing was made clear by Wilcox and board chair Mary McCray was that anything in the report is merely recommendation and students will not be reassigned to new schools anytime soon.

In a section on overcrowding, the example of high schools in Huntersville showed that North Mecklenburg High School has too many students while Hopewell High School doesn't have enough.

“Eleventh and 12th graders were grandfathered. As that grandfathering goes away, we’d hope to see utilization in Hopewell increase,” Akeshia Craven-Howell with CMS said.

Another question was if it’s feasible for students to stay and attend school in their towns. One example brought up was that no child with a Mint Hill address attends Rocky River High School.

“This is a case where we can accommodate Mint Hill High School students in a Mint Hill High School [while] making relatively few changes for students who already attend rocky river,” Craven-Howell said.

Board members who were originally hesitant passing the act were happy to see some numbers finally in their hands.