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No. 16 UNC women's basketball overpowers Ball State, 63-52, in the first round of Battle 4 Atlantis

| November 23

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Orange County Board of Commissioners discusses next steps for climate projects

By Guillermo Molero | April 8

The money for these projects, among others, would come from the new Climate Action Tax that the commissioners approved as part of the budget for the 2019-20 ...

Acting CHCCS Superintendent Patrick Abele to lead transition to online learning

By Lilly Clark | March 31

Current superintendent of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has been placed on medical leave, so Abele will be taking action to lead adjustments due to ...

CHCCS Board of Education to fund WiFi hotspots for students without internet access

By Niharika Vattikonda | March 30

In preparation for the implementation of at-home learning until May 15, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education estimated the need for ...

School districts work for equitable remote education amid coronavirus closings

By Sonia Rao and Niharika Vattikonda | March 26

With the closing of all public schools until March 30, students in CHCCS and OCS face a new struggle: remote learning.

CHCCS partners with community members to feed hungry students during school closings

By Elsa Karcher | March 23

CHCCS community members are working hard to ensure that students dependent on food from school get what they need.

Latinx youth in CHCCS create bilingual picture book to foster equity

By Elise Palmer | March 18

Latinx student group Mariposas and For Kids By Kids, an organization of teaching artists that edit and create picture books joined together to create “El ...

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Food banks and school districts work to combat coronavirus food insecurity

By Sonia Rao | March 17

Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, as well as nonprofits like TABLE and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, are offering free meals ...

CHCCS adjusts calendar, plans remote instruction in response to coronavirus fears

By Anna Pogarcic | March 12

As a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced Thursday it will make Monday, March 16; Tuesday, ...

Local school districts prepare for coronavirus pandemic

By Sonia Rao | March 11

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 (coronavirus) a pandemic, and North Carolina is now in a state of emergency as universities across ...

Transparency discussions dominate school board meeting following contract controversy

By Brittany McGee | March 10

Emails between a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools official and a member of Education Elements, an education consulting firm, reveal how the district ...

Despite district’s efforts, disparities in AIG programs persist

By Sonia Rao | March 5

“Scores were so glorified, a lot of kids felt like, my scores are just right below, why can’t I?” he said. “A lot of kids changed their attitudes ...

State budget impasse continues to burden local schools

By Emma Cunningham-Bradshaw | February 26

CHCCS Board of Education Member Rani Dasi said she was wary that a state budget would even be approved for the next fiscal year. She said while the budget ...

Orange County commissioners adapt to mandate changing elementary class sizes

By Julianna Robbins | February 19

The SJAC is working with the Orange County Board of Commissioners to discuss possible solutions to reduce elementary and pre-K class sizes.

McDougle Elementary fifth-grader starts new environmental initiative

By Kayleigh Carpenter | February 18

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 ...

Column: Don’t wait for someone else to take the lead

February 16

"I will yell, and scream, and then do everything I can."

Activist and high school student honored in annual Pauli Murray Awards

By Elise Palmer | February 16

With impressive community involvement in Orange County, both Mae McLendon and Thea Barrett deserve to be recipients of this prestigious award.

Severe weather causes clashes between parents and local school districts

By Brittany McGee | February 11

Parents express disappointment online after Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced on their Facebook pages Thursday morning ...

Second-graders in Orange County School to start free swimming lessons next month

By Taylor Heeden | January 24

Orange County Schools, Swim for Charlie and the Orange County Sportsplex have teamed up to provide second-graders free swim lessons.

'I'm Smart, Too': Local group aims to fight racial disparities with documentary

By Niharika Vattikonda | January 22

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. ...

Student art brings color to the Lincoln Center year-round

By Meredith Radford | January 19

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 ...