How many learning communities are there and where are they located?
There are six: Central, East, North, Northeast, South and West. A seventh, an Achievement Zone, is composed of lower performing schools, including schools in corrective action under No Child Left Behind legislation, low-performing schools as designated by the state and underachieving schools designated by North Carolina Superior Court Judge Howard Manning in the Leandro litigation. The Achievement Zone schools are: Billingsville Elementary, Shamrock Gardens Elementary, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Sedgefield Middle, Bishop Spaugh Middle, Wilson Middle, Garinger High, E.E. Waddell High, West Charlotte High and West Mecklenburg High Schools. The Superintendent may also add schools to the Achievement Zones as he deems necessary.
