Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Carrboro High School sophomores Fabiola Perdomo and Sofia Rangel sit in the Carrboro High football stadium. Perdomo and Rangel, like many young people from non-English speaking families, have had to guide their families through participating in school transitions and other difficulties that stem from the pandemic.

For non-English speaking families, the pandemic amplifies educational barriers

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | Apr. 7

First-generation and immigrant families have historically faced challenges in getting adjusted to the U.S. school system due to difficulties accessing technological resources and language barriers, among other things. The COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified those issues.

Students of Frank Porter Graham Elementary school walk from carpool toward the school early in the morning on March 26, 2021. CHCCS have recently reopened in-person instruction, although many children are still learning virtually.

Statewide coalition demands action to ensure a sound, basic education for all students

By Bethany Lee | Mar. 30

The coalition and call for change came in response to several years of a constant decline in state school funding, ranking N.C. as one of the lowest in the country in terms of school funding and equity.

UNC junior Grace Ingledue is a member of the trans community. "The fact that students are now able to change their name in PowerSchool without going through that hellish process is so great," said Ingledue.

Most public school records in N.C. will now show students' preferred names

By Ella Layn | Mar. 30

A recent change from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will now allow North Carolina public school students to list their preferred name on most state records, like PowerSchool and report cards.

CHCCS students, teachers return to in-person instruction for the first time in a year

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | Mar. 30

On Friday morning, about one hundred students returned to Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to finish out their first week of in-person instruction in a year. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted in early March to offer in-person instruction to all students beginning March 22. Frank Porter Graham Elementary Principal Karen Galassi-Ferrer said it has been important to think creatively about safety measures, like holding lunch and breakfast outside or placing colorful tape on the ground for students to follow for social distancing.

A City of Chapel Hill police car is parked on Franklin Street on Sunday, March 28, 2021. The town said that there would be more monitoring of pedestrian areas on main streets.

Chapel Hill increases monitoring of busy roads following recent pedestrian crashes

By Audrey Selley | Mar. 28

The Town conducted the first of these sessions on March 23 and March 27. March’s efforts focused on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where two pedestrian were hit in the last two weeks, one resulting in death.

From right: Carrboro High School seniors Navia Mosley and Phoenix Tudryn are two of the students who recently launched The Black and Brown Student Coalition podcast about living as a student of color right now during the pandemic. "We wanted to give a voice to the black and brown kids in our school to be able to speak to teachers directly as to what they can do better to support them," Tudryn said.

Members of Carrboro High's Black and Brown Student Coalition discuss their podcast

By Britney Nguyen | Mar. 22

Following the social uprisings of summer 2020, students at Carrboro High School formed the Black and Brown Student Coalition. The DTH talked with two members of BBSC, Julian Taylor and Phoenix Tudryn, about what the coalition is doing now.

Plan A, Plan B: CHCCS parents and teachers clash over flex Wednesdays and hybrid learning

By Elias Horowitz | Mar. 21

After listening to public comments and considering recent state legislation mandating in-person instruction, the CHCCS Board of Education passed a motion on March 18 to continue Hybrid Plan B for middle and high schoolers and move elementary schoolers to four days of instruction with Flex Wednesdays.

Gov. Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper announce their victory in the 2020 election on Nov. 3, 2020 on the steps of the N.C. Democratic Party headquarters in Raleigh.

Gov. Cooper signs new bill to send students back to school

By Guillermo Molero | Mar. 18

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools join districts across the state preparing to welcome students back to the classroom under the new law.

Tornado warning in effect for Orange County, surrounding areas

By Susie Webb | Mar. 17

The National Weather Service is warning of severe storms across central North Carolina on Thursday afternoon. Here's what you need to know.

Benjamin Knight, a junior at Chapel Hill High School, poses for a virtual portrait on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.

CHCCS community reflects on challenges, impacts of one year of remote learning

By Kayla Guilliams | Mar. 9

Nearly one year has passed since the System's first day of remote learning, and the CHCCS community is reflecting on the challenges the year has brought while preparing to return to the classroom.

Carmen Huerta-Bapat, a professor of global studies at UNC-CH, poses for a portrait at The Honeysuckle Cafe on Saturday, Mar. 6, 2021. Huerta-Bapat was one of the final two applicants for the most recent CHCCS Board of Education appointment on Feb. 18, 2021.

Community voices concerns over Latinx representation on CHCCS board, coin-flip method

By Kayla Guilliams | Mar. 8

Many community members are frustrated that the board did not engage in a discussion about Latinx representation or racial equity before voting to appoint its newest member.

CHCCS Board of Education moves forward in-person start date to March 22

By Susie Webb | Mar. 7

All students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district will now be returning to in-person education a month earlier than previously decided.

Lisa Kaylie, new appointee to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. Photo courtesy of Lissa Gotwals.

Meet Lisa Kaylie, the CHCCS Board of Education's newest appointee

By Elias Horowitz | Feb. 25

Lisa Kaylie, a former chairperson of CHCCS’s Special Needs Advisory Council, was appointed to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education on Feb. 18 by a coin toss.

Senate Bill 37 passed in the Senate and the House last week, bringing North Carolina closer to giving all local public school administrative units the option of in-person instruction to students from kindergarten to 12th grade.

State legislature passes bill to send students back to school, awaits governor approval

By Guillermo Molero | Feb. 24

It doesn’t appear to have Gov. Cooper’s support, despite him calling on K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction earlier in the month.

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For some Black families in CHCCS, remote learning is a "breath of fresh air"

North Carolina's K-12 schools address falling student attendance due to pandemic

Phillips Middle School commissions piece for student orchestra

CHCCS board approves block scheduling for Carrboro High School starting this fall

For non-English speaking families, the pandemic amplifies educational barriers

Statewide coalition demands action to ensure a sound, basic education for all students

Most public school records in N.C. will now show students' preferred names

CHCCS students, teachers return to in-person instruction for the first time in a year

Chapel Hill increases monitoring of busy roads following recent pedestrian crashes

Members of Carrboro High's Black and Brown Student Coalition discuss their podcast

Plan A, Plan B: CHCCS parents and teachers clash over flex Wednesdays and hybrid learning

Gov. Cooper signs new bill to send students back to school

Tornado warning in effect for Orange County, surrounding areas

CHCCS community reflects on challenges, impacts of one year of remote learning

Community voices concerns over Latinx representation on CHCCS board, coin-flip method

CHCCS Board of Education moves forward in-person start date to March 22

Meet Lisa Kaylie, the CHCCS Board of Education's newest appointee

State legislature passes bill to send students back to school, awaits governor approval