Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' board has formed a working group to act on recommendations from its $379,000 investigation into former Superintendent Crystal Hill.

Board Chair Dee Rankin announced the group at the board's Tuesday, Oct. 13, meeting and said a public work session will follow, WFAE reported. The review could reshape how CMS handles staffing and contracts at schools across the district, including Ardrey Kell and Ballantyne Ridge high schools in District 6.

"The board has formed a working group to address how the recommendations will be implemented in the district," Rankin said at the Oct. 13 meeting, as reported by the Charlotte Observer.

The working group will focus on four areas: strengthening conflict-of-interest and contracting policies, improving workplace culture, creating clear procedures for staff to raise concerns and reviewing how the district handles vacancies and reassignments.

Those recommendations came from a two-month investigation conducted by the law firm Brooks Pierce. The probe involved 86 interviews and 1.5 million documents, according to the Charlotte Ledger. It found no wrongdoing by Hill.

Brooks Pierce delivered its recommendations orally to board members in August. No written report was requested from the firm, the Ledger reported. Acting General Counsel Anna Hehenberger wrote an 18-page summary of the investigation, which the board released in September. That summary did not include specifics.

The investigation ended with Hill's reinstatement in August before the board voted 5-4 on Sept. 22 to fire her "for convenience." The firing came days after Hill sent board members a memo alleging financial mismanagement of CMS funds.

The district now faces federal and state investigations into alleged financial irregularities. More than 1,500 people have signed petitions calling for some board members to resign.

Who will serve on the working group and when it will meet have not been announced.

District 6 board member Anna London, whose district includes Ardrey Kell and Ballantyne Ridge high schools, addressed the turmoil during her board report at the Oct. 13 meeting. London said moving forward does not mean forgetting what happened but rather taking the lessons seriously, examining processes and doing the work of rebuilding trust, as published by the South Charlotte Weekly.

The board has not set a date for the public work session on the investigation's recommendations.