Lunch shaming is a phenomenon occurring in schools across the United States where students are shamed for not being able to pay for their lunches every day in order to pressure families to pay student lunch debt quickly. Orange County Schools is attempting to combat this issue by implementing new lunch policies.
“The BRT Project will have its own specialized buses and everything that will run along that corridor, which means that the other buses we would currently consider running in the corridor won’t need as many buses as they’re currently using."
The SJAC is working with the Orange County Board of Commissioners to discuss possible solutions to reduce elementary and pre-K class sizes.
In a recent town meeting, Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture details how they plan to lead by example, and plan events that are not only more sustainable, but inclusive as well.
The subject of Tuesday's “Conversations on Equity” lecture on equity and race relations quickly turned to the complicated history of race relations at UNC. Many in attendance expressed their disappointment in the University and its failure to confront its troubled past. William Sturkey, an assistant history professor at UNC, was the featured speaker at the meeting. He specializes in the history of race in the American South and teaches courses about southern history and the Civil Rights Movement.
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.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, there have been an increasing number of confirmed cases in the United States. Gov. Roy Cooper announces a task force in North Carolina to monitor the virus in an effort to keep North Carolinians safe.
Rebecca Mills, current senior at East Chapel Hill High School, has been selling daffodils in front of the post office on East Franklin street since she was five years old. Last Sunday marked Rebecca's last day of selling daffodils. What started as a way to make money, quickly turned into a business endeavor and charitable contribution.
Mike Bloomberg has put much of his focus on North Carolina since starting his presidential campaign less than three months ago. Last week, he held an event in Raleigh to make his pitch to voters.
Raising Wages NC held a rally at First Baptist Church in Raleigh on Friday to advocate for a $15 minimum wage. The group said the rally was intended to make governor, General Assembly and labor commissioner candidates say their stance before the upcoming elections later this year.
“These two granddaughters and my other two granddaughters are going to have a horrible existence, much different than what I had,” he said. “That’s the reason I’m doing this.”
"I will yell, and scream, and then do everything I can."
With impressive community involvement in Orange County, both Mae McLendon and Thea Barrett deserve to be recipients of this prestigious award.
As indecision continues, debates on the compensation of student-athletes continue to intensify.
U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his message of economic populism to Durham ahead of North Carolina’s Super Tuesday primary. Sanders was joined by local community leaders and national campaign surrogates at a rally held in the Durham Convention Center on Friday morning.
Carrboro's poet laureate Fred Joiner is expanding his efforts to integrate art and poetry into Orange County through new projects.
Orange County's criminal justice system disadvantages low-income residents, according to a new report by the Orange County Bail/Bond Justice Project. Work is being done, though, to make the system more just.
On Jan. 23, the EPA enacted the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which re-defined what constitutes the waters of the United States. Co-owner of Red Tail Grains LLC Daniel Cowan said he is not enthusiastic about the regulations. “Ultimately, I think regulations are generally there to protect the farmer. Especially if we’re talking about common resources,” Cowan said. “If there’s no regulation, then any fisherman can fish as much as they want, but if you have regulations, then it protects all of the fishermen.”
"We wanted to do artistic crosswalks to increase the visibility and draw drivers' attention."
Duke Energy has agreed to a settlement concerning cleaning and moving its unlined coal ash sites. The new deadline for the cleanup is 2035, six years after the original deadline.
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