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CHARLTOTE -- Big business and community leaders are stepping in to help Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as CMS board leaders decide how to tackle dozens of troubled schools. The CMS Investment Study Group is pooling their money together to close CMS's achievement gap.

It's made up of big named corporations like Duke Energy and Spangler Foundation, as well as Bank of America and Wachovia-Wells Fargo, in addition to private donors. The goal is to close the district's achievement gap, boost student performance and the graduation rate. How they're going to achieve those goals are still in the planning stages, but they're going to work very closely with district leaders to do that.

The group is expected to meet Wednesday to discuss the matter. Meanwhile the CMS board will meet Thursday to tackle another big issue: what to do about a list of 32 trouble schools.