Back to School: Tips to help you prepare for your child’s open house

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CHARLOTTE — As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools prepare to start the new school year, Channel 9 wants to make sure you are ready too.

Back-to-school time can be overwhelming; parents, caretakers and students have so much to juggle.

If you’re getting ready to go to your child’s open house or meet-the-teacher event, we’re here to prepare you with what questions to ask and how to make the most of it.

“That is one of the most important days of the year, because that is where we set the tone, that is where you start the partnership with your schools,” said Dr. Andrea Foggie, a CMS principal.

>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9′s Elsa Gillis has a few tips ahead of the first day of school.

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