The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board begins a brutal budget-cutting year today, when officials lay out the cost of programs that could come under scrutiny.

Decisions about cuts for 2011-12 remain months away. But with federal stimulus money slated to disappear and state leaders talking about tens of millions in likely rollbacks, CMS officials say they're starting early.

The cuts, they say, could reach $100 million, or 10 percent of the CMS budget.

Jo Ann Norris of the Raleigh-based Public School Forum of North Carolina will reinforce the gloomy forecast.

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Proud to Call Pittsburgh "Home"…Twelve-Foot Tall Charlie the Tuna® Living Large and Enjoying The View From His New Home on Pittsburgh's North Shore

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Sorry Charlie…there's a brand new light in town!  StarKist Co., a leading producer, distributor and marketer of shelf-stable seafood products in the United States, announced today that the company's famous spokesfish, Charlie the Tuna®, is enjoying the view from his new home at 225 North Shore Drive.  Charlie, who first swam into the hearts of tuna fans in 1961, can now be seen waving proudly from a new StarKist light that towers 90-feet high over Pittsburgh's North Shore. And in honor of Light Up Night, the newest light to illuminate the city skyline will be officially turned on today at 5 p.m.

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