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Chief Putney: Know Your CMPD Community Coordinator Highways and Schools Also Featured at Annual Meeting
Chief Putney asked how many people knew their Community Coordinator by name, and less than a third of the audience raised their hands. He said "We ask you to invite us to your event." Since about 1980 Community Oriented Policing has made a significant change in thinking and practices of the police, as officers work more with the community. Officers provide more personalized, decentralized service to identify and solve problems. Chief Putney asked the community to invite a Community Coordinator to their neighborhood events to discuss crime prevention and other issues. The Steele Creek Division Community Coordinators are assigned to three response areas, as shown on the map below. They can be reached at 704-336-8549 or by email at the addresses below.
Three principals, Merita Little of Steele Creek Elementary School, Kevin Sudimack of Kennedy Middle School, and Erik Olejarczyk of TEAM High School at Olympic highlighted some of the accomplishments of their schools. Ms. Little said, in summary: Steele Creek has been in existence for the past 91 years and has always represented the community through its rich history and long standing relationships with the families, faith-based partnerships, and local businesses. Steele Creek Elementary has transformed the instructional practices which focuses on STEAM to match the magnet programs of its feeder schools. The school has received many grants from the Arrowood Business Association, Bosech Rexroth, PPG, Northup Grumman, and Steele Creek and Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church's to fund the technology, environmental science, and robotics programs. We are proud to be a part of the Steele Creek Community. Rodger Nolden emphasized the need for a new high school in Steele Creek. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools owns land for a new school adjacent to Palisades Park Elementary School. Steele Creek continues to grow, and Olympic High School is at 152% capacity. Mecklenburg County plans to include a school bond on the November ballot, and it is imperative that a new high school in Steele Creek is included. However, Olympic is 51 years old and desperately needs renovations. Over a dozen non-profit and government agencies participated in the Meet and Mingle before and after the presentations. See Participant Contact List.
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13, 2017) 
Response Area 1 - OFC Adam DeGeorge
Charles Wilkerson
of Alignment Southwest Charlotte said that beginning in 2004-2005,
Mike Realon of Olympic High School began fostering partnerships
between Olympic and area businesses. These efforts soon expanded
beyond the business community to churches, non-profits, and city
agencies, and beyond Olympic to Olympic's two feeder middle schools
and six feeder elementary schools. He said that Alignment Southwest
Charlotte "wants to provide every kid with the opportunity to
achieve to his or her highest human and economic ability."
