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.
Degan Foreman emailed his principal and ask if he could pay for some metal silverware for the cafeteria. After some research, he helped the school devise a strategy to exchange plastic utensils for silverware, helping eliminate the school's plastic waste.
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Degan Foreman emailed his principal and ask if he could pay for some metal silverware for the cafeteria. After some research, he helped the school devise a strategy to exchange plastic utensils for silverware, helping eliminate the school's plastic waste.
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"I will yell, and scream, and then do everything I can."
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With impressive community involvement in Orange County, both Mae McLendon and Thea Barrett deserve to be recipients of this prestigious award.
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Parents express disappointment online after Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced on their Facebook pages Thursday morning that there would be a two-hour early dismissal in anticipation of severe weather.
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Orange County Schools, Swim for Charlie and the Orange County Sportsplex have teamed up to provide second-graders free swim lessons.
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A new documentary hopes to ignite change by shedding light on CHCCS and how since integration, racial disparities have taken shape and continue to persist.
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Brenda Whiteman, the school district's arts coordinator, said the student work's art show this year will take place on April 20-22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. People can come during business hours to see the student work through mid-May.
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In a conversation with senior writer Amena Saad, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP President Anna Richards discusses the most rewarding and challenging parts of her job, as well as the future of the chapter.
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The achievement gap between white, Black and Hispanic students in CHCCS schools has persisted for a long time — the disparities between students can be found in various areas, including AP course enrollment and suspensions.
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On Nov. 5, Temne along with Ashton Powell and Jillian La Serna were elected to serve their first terms on the CHCCS Board of Education. Returning member Rani Dasi was also chosen to serve another term on the board.
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The current assistant principal of Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe, Karen Galassi-Ferrer, will assume the role of the principal in January.
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This policy discussion follows a lawsuit filed against CHCCS in May that accused the school district of failing to prevent sexual abuse within schools.
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“I hope to bring my expertise on education,” La Serna said. “I’m bringing that background knowledge to ask questions and to make data-based decisions for our district to try to improve education for every single student in the district.”
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An organization run by local students, "Driving is Exhausting," is urging parents to reduce emissions by turning off their engines in the carpool line.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged two Cedar Ridge High School students for communicating threats of mass violence in the last couple months, and are offering a reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of the third person who threatened the school. The Chapel Hill Police Department arrested a student with the same charge in relation to a threat against East Chapel Hill High School. With four threats of mass violence in two local schools since September, law enforcement and school officials are stressing the importance of communication in responding to and preventing these situations.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will implement new measures for ensuring equity in classrooms.
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson announced Tuesday that he will forgo reelection in 2020 and instead run for lieutenant governor.
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Powell will focus on putting students first by mending the gap between students and the Board.
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Tuesday's local election saw little changes in some areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro but major potential upsets in others.
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Indy Week, a weekly newspaper based in Durham, is one of the few organizations that endorses candidates in Orange County elections. Candidates say Indy endorsements are important to their campaigns, but how much do they actually impact voters?
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