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Take a Child Outside Week aims to promote outdoor engagement and exploration

By William Becker | September 25

Take a Child Outside was founded as a website in 2007. It was inspired by author Richard Louv’s 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, which calls attention ...

Parents respond to CHCCS crisis prevention measures, secure mode

By Tori Newby | September 19

“The part that breaks my heart is just their experience of school being a potentially dangerous place, which I wish that it wasn't something they felt,” ...

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Culbreth Middle School hosts CHCCS Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff celebration

By Phoebe Martel | September 18

The Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff event featured folk dance performances, cuisine from different Hispanic cultures, an information fair and a Zumba ...

Astronauts answer CHCCS student questions from International Space Station

By Abigail Keller | September 18

Students at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools asked 19 questions total, ranging from, “What does it feel like at liftoff?” to, “How does the Space ...

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NCDPI data shows test performance improved, but still not to pre-pandemic levels

By Defne Önal | September 17

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction published its 2022-23 school year reports for grades third through 12th. Test scores have improved across nearly ...

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CHCCS reports record-high graduation rate in 2022-23 NCDPI school performance data

By Grace Whittemore | September 17

This graduation rate an increase from the previous year’s 94.5 percent and is higher than the state average of 86 percent. The district also reported ...

CHCCS students grapple with mental health effects of Aug. 28 shooting

By Maddie Policastro | September 12

Following the Aug. 28 shooting on UNC's campus, mental health specialists with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools discuss the best ways to support students, ...

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NCDHHS combatting early child care teacher shortage with new education initiatives

By Phoebe Martel | September 7

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the N.C. Community College System, will be ...

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Column: CHCCS students deserved a better first day of school

By Katelin Harmon | September 7

"These students were just getting acquainted with their walk to class, making friends and building their own community on campus. The shooting that occurred ...

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First day of school in CHCCS sees 'secure mode' lockdown after shooting at UNC

By Ethan E. Horton | August 29

"I've been teaching for 20 years, and this was a first," Guy B. Phillips Middle School teacher Kelly Fox said. "It made me nervous. But if there was a ...

General Assembly overrides Gov. Cooper's veto of S.B. 49, the Parents' Bill of Rights

By Caroline Horne | August 27

The N.C. General Assembly overrode the governor's veto of the Parents' Bill of Rights, which places restrictions on public schools in order to promote ...

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CHCCS increases pay, consolidates bus stops to address driver shortage

By Emma Hall | August 25

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is implementing pay raises and consolidated bus stops to allieviate its bus driver shortage. Andy Jenks, the chief communication ...

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Orange County Schools Board of Education allocates funds, hears community concerns

By Audrey Kashatus and Olivia Gschwind | August 23

The board approved two new positions with unallocated funds from this year's budget at its Monday meeting. During the public comment period, several attendees ...

The Edition on Rosemary delays move-in until Oct. 1, students move to hotels

By Maddie Policastro | August 22

Future residents of a new apartment building on Rosemary Street received an email on July 19 informing them they wouldn't be able to move in until Oct. ...

Bridging the Gap combats CHCCS racial achievement gap, supports descendants of enslaved people

By Ethan E. Horton | August 22

"I think that people broadly — because Chapel Hill is such a transient community — did not understand that history is present because these issues ...

'It really is one of the best': CHHS students in CTE program assist local stock car racing team

General Assembly approves teacher raises, private school vouchers in new budget

Column: Local school board elections matter, too

BOCC discusses capital needs assessment, budgets in meeting with school boards

CHCCS Board of Education passes amended budget for last fiscal year

Take a Child Outside Week aims to promote outdoor engagement and exploration

Parents respond to CHCCS crisis prevention measures, secure mode

Culbreth Middle School hosts CHCCS Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff celebration

Astronauts answer CHCCS student questions from International Space Station

NCDPI data shows test performance improved, but still not to pre-pandemic levels

CHCCS reports record-high graduation rate in 2022-23 NCDPI school performance data

CHCCS students grapple with mental health effects of Aug. 28 shooting

NCDHHS combatting early child care teacher shortage with new education initiatives

Column: CHCCS students deserved a better first day of school

First day of school in CHCCS sees 'secure mode' lockdown after shooting at UNC

General Assembly overrides Gov. Cooper's veto of S.B. 49, the Parents' Bill of Rights

CHCCS increases pay, consolidates bus stops to address driver shortage

Orange County Schools Board of Education allocates funds, hears community concerns

The Edition on Rosemary delays move-in until Oct. 1, students move to hotels

Bridging the Gap combats CHCCS racial achievement gap, supports descendants of enslaved people