1992 - Magnet Schools

March 31, 1992 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board votes unanimously to open a series of magnet schools.

• For 22 years, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system had used mandatory busing to desegregate the schools.
• In addition to busing, the school system now sets up magnet schools. These schools, set up mostly in black neighborhoods in central or west Charlotte, offer resources that attract students and desegregate the schools by choice.
• Photo shows yellow school buses at West Charlotte High School