A version of the following article appeared in the October 2, 2026, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C.
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CMS paid $379,000 for its investigation into Crystal Hill. But there appears to be no written report of the investigators’ conclusions.
The school board last week at a meeting. (Photo: Tony Mecia/The Charlotte Ledger)
by Tony Mecia, Michelle Crouch and Ashley Fahey
The law firm hired by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools that led the $379,000 investigation this summer into then-Superintendent Crystal Hill conducted 86 interviews and pored over 1.5 million documents.
One thing it did not do, however, was provide the board with a written report of its findings. The school board didn’t ask it to.
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