Ten teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system received National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. North Carolina has 20,677 National Board Certified teachers — the highest number of teachers in a state with board certification in the country.
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.
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David Bennett and his wife live in the last house that falls in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district — the last house before Chapel Hill turns into Pittsboro.
Pam Hemminger won the mayoral race with 53.8 percent of the vote. Jessica Anderson, Nancy Oates, Donna Bell and Michael Parker won positions on the Chapel Hill Town Council, replacing incumbents Jim Ward and Lee Storrow.
Students living in the South Estes housing district of Chapel Hill now have an after-school program to help meet grade level standards.
At a press conference Wednesday, community members addressed the racial inequalities present in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System.
Candidates for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education gathered for a forum on Monday, addressing questions submitted by the community regarding the school system's future.
PORCH, a local nonprofit organization, has partnered alongside 23 schools and 1 pre-school to offer all children snacks.
Kyesha Clark, a junior at Carrboro High School, said she did not notice diversity at her school until the school system was redistricted.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education proposed a plan to fit 300 students into a school that closed operations 49 years ago. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board (CHCCS) sent a petition to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday, requesting an expedited review of their plan for the Lincoln Center Campus. Lincoln High School, now known as the Lincoln Center Campus, served as the black high school for the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities in the 1950s.
North Carolina educators might be able to learn a lesson from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, according to recent data.
Getting a driver’s license is one of the greatest freedoms and responsibilities many high school students get to enjoy.
The Universal Society of Hinduism is encouraging North Carolina schools to recognize Diwali, a five-day festival of lights that celebrates the last harvest before winter and the triumph of good over evil.
As the school year nears its end, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are just beginning to plan renovations. On April 13, Town XXX and XXX for CHCCS presented the annual Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance report to the Chapel Hill Town Council.
After visiting the Dominican Republic for the past two summers and painting murals with the organization Transcending Borders, Leah Simon wanted to do a similar project back home.
Instead of spending their time watching Saturday morning cartoons, many Chapel Hill children enjoyed the sunshine and the science at the fifth annual UNC Science Expo this weekend.
On Wednesday morning, seventeen students in Pedro Ortiz’s fourth-grade class sit in a circle on a rug displaying a world map, reading from marbled composition notebooks.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board of Education will discuss whether to increase the wages of its approximately 2,200 employees to a living wage next week.
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