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CMS considers making one school K-12 - WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-

CMS considers making one school K-12 - WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-

CMS considers making one school K-12

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - By next school year, one Charlotte-Mecklenburg school could have kids from age five all the way to 18.

The proposal is part of a massive overhaul the school board will vote on by early November. If approved the overhaul would lead to 12 schools being closed and affect 47 others in some form or fashion.

Marie G. Davis Military Academy is a magnet school that currently goes from 6th-12th grade. But CMS is proposing sending elementary kids from another magnet school there next year.

That magnet school is Winding Springs Elementary, which is in North Charlotte and over 11 miles away from Marie G. Davis's Southwest Charlotte location.

Winding Springs would become a neighborhood school instead of a