Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is one of two public schools systems in Orange County. The system is run by the CHCCS Board of Education, which is comprised of seven elected officials who hold four-year terms. Under the board is the superintendent. The current superintendent is Tom Forcella.
The district includes 11 elementary schools, four middle schools, four high schools, a middle college with Durham Technical Community College and a school for children at UNC Hospitals. These schools serve more than 12,000 students across Orange County.
Learn more about the district's Board of Education here.
Browse board meeting agendas and videos here.
CHCCS and OCS presented their budget requests and information about public school funding needs. Both school systems are looking for teacher retention funding and OCS additionally needs student support funding for specialized services and free and reduced-price meal plans. The Board also made various appointments to Orange County positions and committees.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation (PSF) hosted a 5k race on Saturday, March 18 to raise money for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools grants and scholarships. Runners and walkers took a route through UNC's campus that started at the Morehead Planetarium and ended at the Old Well.
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Though Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is celebrating Youth Arts Month this March, teachers across the district emphasize the importance of arts all year. Educators Terra Hodge, Johnathan Hamiel and Deb Cox detail the benefits their students receive from engagement with different art mediums.
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Carrboro High School Principal Beverly Rudolph announced her retirement from K-12 education in a March 2 video on the Chapel Hill and Carrboro City Schools Twitter account. She will officially leave CHS at the end of the academic year.
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Concerns from teachers over a new proposal to make the start time of elementary schools earlier in the day are shared in a work session with the Chapel Hill-Carborro City Schools Board of Education. Updates on the district's finances are shared by the board.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools hosted an event celebrating Black joy, highlighting Black achievements and amplifying Black voices in the school community on Saturday. The celebration was held at Culbreth Middle School from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to commemorate Black History Month. The event featured two panels, arts and crafts, a DJ and free food.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are both pushing for more state funding. Each has a per-pupil spending around $15000, with CHCCS spending about $2000 more per pupil as a result of a district tax.
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According to recent data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, teachers are staying in the classroom at rates comparable to previous years. Though teacher vacancies at the beginning and 40-day mark of the school year are higher, the difference might not represent an actual change in vacancy rates, but a change in reporting methods to more accurately reflect the state of the teaching profession.
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Chapel Hill High School Principal Charles Blanchard announced his retirement on Feb. 2 in a community message. His last day will be April 1. Valerie Akins, who has over 30 years of experience as a teacher and principal, will take his place as interim until a new principal is chosen.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district is facing a shortage of bus drivers, resulting in a transportation crisis that affects students on a daily basis. André Stewart, the district’s chief operations officer, said that every day, there are 15 school bus routes that are not covered due to the lack of drivers
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North Carolina ranks 50th in school funding effort and 48th in overall funding level, according to an annual report by the Education Law Center. Parents and administrators cited a lack of instructional staff and inadequate supplies as areas affected by low funding.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education met on Thursday. The school board spent a large part of the meeting hearing community members' public comments and presentations from students and committees across Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
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The Orange County Schools Safety Task Force, which intends to address external threats and help provide a safer learning environment in Orange County Schools, will begin meeting in February. It will be comprised of 18 members, including local law enforcement, school district leaders and community members.
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“It’s not about individual people, it's about systems,” CHCCS graduate and parent Vickie Feaster Fornville said. “And if you’re not willing to try to look at those systems and acknowledge the fault that is there and the wrong and harm that has been done, then we won’t get where we need to go — there won’t be any success.”
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North Carolina has seen several changes to COVID-19 protocols in 2022 regarding masks, schools and vaccines.
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