http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/metro/

Metro School serves approximately 200 students all of whom are significantly cognitively disabled, ranging in age from 5 to 22, who have been determined by their Individual Education Program (IEP) team to need the restrictiveness of a public separate school placement. Many of our students have severe medical and physical needs; many of our students are in need of total physical care and assistance; and many have other multiple disabilities such as visual impairments, hearing impairments, and autism in addition to their cognitive challenges. Student assignment to Metro School is through the IEP team process for all current CMS students. For students moving into CMS from either out-of-county or out-of-state, parents are to contact the district EC Central Office for school placement at (980) 343-6960 and ask for a school placement coordinator. Metro School does not serve students who live outside of Mecklenburg County.

The school offers instruction in academics based on grade-appropriate standards following the NC Extended Content Standards' Curriculum, as well as in music, art, media skills, community-based instruction, horticulture, consumer science, prevocational and vocational skill instruction and adapted physical education. Speech-language, OT, PT, VI and HI services are provided in accordance with students' IEP recommendations.