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(02/26/18 1:23am)
Rydell Harrison, assistant superintendent for CHCCS, will transfer to Watertown, Conn. after this school year. In addition, Sulura Williams-Jackson will retire as principal at Chapel Hill High School. She began as principal of Chapel Hill High in 2013.
(02/22/18 1:20am)
House Bill 90 was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly Feb. 13. The legislation extends the time NC schools have to cap the size of their classes.
(01/24/18 2:11am)
Multiple cases of whooping cough have been reported at East Chapel Hill High and Chapel Hill High Schools.
(01/23/18 12:29am)
Clarification (2:18 p.m.): Due to a reporting error, this article previously stated that most members of the Carrboro Greenways commission argued for paving a sewer easement and opening the park up to runners and cyclists. However, it's some members of the Carrboro Greenways commission that believe this. The article has been updated to reflect these changes.
(01/22/18 1:37am)
The Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice released several racial equity report cards to highlight racial disparities in school districts' discipline and academic achievement.
(01/19/18 12:20am)
North Carolina received record snowfall in multiple areas on Wednesday. Snowfall began early Wednesday morning and lasted into the evening in some parts of the Triangle. The University is operating on suspended operations until noon on Friday.
(01/16/18 11:16pm)
Central North Carolina, including Orange County, received six to 10 inches of snow Wednesday morning, according to a statement by the National Weather Service. The University has cancelled classes through noon on Friday.
(01/15/18 12:56am)
David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training School.
(01/11/18 12:32am)
Chapel Hill High School’s student newspaper, Proconian, will transition into being fully online this year. The decision to move to an online platform was because of funding, time and reaching readership.
(01/10/18 12:32am)
North Carolina school districts are facing a funding crisis. In Orange County, voters approved a $120 million bond in November 2016 to renovate several school buildings, but additional funding for teachers and new classrooms will be needed to comply with a proposed reduction in class sizes for kindergarten through third grade.
(11/14/17 3:08am)
Every week Chapel Hill High School parents receive a newsletter with school announcements and updates. This week, the school’s interim principal used profanity, derogatory slang and a reference to sex in the newsletter sent Sunday evening.
(11/09/17 3:05am)
Chapel Hill-Carrboro voters elected two new members to the school board, and re-elected two incumbents Tuesday night.
(11/09/17 4:36am)
This year, 20 Orange County Schools students' and their families did something that seems antithetical to attending a public primary or secondary school — they paid tuition.
(11/07/17 4:23am)
For more than 100 years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has had a special tax, providing additional funding to the district — a tax Orange County Schools lacks.
(10/31/17 12:23am)
John Williams is the principal at Phoenix Academy High School in Chapel Hill and was recently named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Principal of the Year. Staff writer Jacquelyn Melinek spoke with Williams about the award and his experience as an educator.
(10/30/17 3:00am)
The students at Orange County Schools that enrolled in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way courses took a total of 1,042 advanced exams in the 2016-17 school year.
(10/25/17 6:11am)
Relevant Past Experience: Ferguson is the current mayor pro tem, and she is finishing her first term on the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners.
(10/17/17 11:11pm)
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP was named the 2017 Branch of the Year at the North Carolina State Convention last month.
(10/17/17 4:00am)
Staff writer Simrann Wadwha tweets live from the meeting.
(10/11/17 12:32am)
The opportunity gap in schools can begin as soon as kindergarten.