Foundations announce $55 million plan for West Charlotte High corridor

Foundations announce $55 million plan for West Charlotte High corridor: "(By Eric Frazier and Mark Price, efrazier@charlotteobserver.com and mprice@charlotteobserver.com) As they launched a $55 million reform plan for struggling westside schools, Charlotte's business and philanthropic elite pledged to push for permission to try bold experiments, such as lengthening the school day or school year.

Those declarations came at Monday's unveiling of Project LIFT, a privately financed plan to pour $11 million a year for five years into West Charlotte High and seven elementary and middle schools that feed its student body."