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Here's why three CHCCS board members are under fire for ethical violations

By Ben Humphries | March 3

CHCCS parents are requesting three members from the county's Board of Education be recalled over violations like sending out non-public information.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools PTA President Erin Schwie Langston

New CHCCS PTA council president puts students and staff first

By Sofia Lesnewski | March 3

Langston has dedicated her life to the public health and education sector. Working in Honduras to increase access to public education shortly after graduation, ...

Here's an update on Glenwood Elementary's Mandarin magnet program

By Laura Rong | February 13

The Mandarin Magnet Implementation Committee presented an update to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education on Thursday.

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CHCCS elementary schools don't have school resource officers, but might get them soon

By Ben Humphries | February 12

A special committee made more than 30 recommendations on how to made N.C. public schools safer, which includes special address to active shooter threats. ...

A look from the front lines of the fight for higher teacher pay in CHCCS

By Sophia Wilhelm | February 7

As of 2018, the average teacher salary in the state is about $50,861, but the average salary for teachers in the United States is $60,483, according to ...

CHHS graduate and three-time Tar Heel hopes to advocate for positive change in NC House

By Jamey Cross | February 5

While balancing her family and full-time job, Sydney Batch overcame all odds to become the representative of North Carolina's 37th District.

Why are all these middle schoolers on campus?

February 4

Find out why the innumerable amounts of middle schoolers wander UNC's campus periodically.

For the third year in a row, N.C. schools disproportionally suspend students of color

By Jonny Cook | January 30

The annual "racial equity report cards" put out by the Youth Justice Program do not reflect good results among many school districts throughout North ...

A Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus drives toward Chapel Hill High School.

Will your K-12 school change its calendar because of Hurricane Florence?

By Ares Zerunyan | January 27

The CHCCS is one of eight districts to have passed a resolution demanding greater local control over academic calendars, as the current one-size-fits-all ...

NC state superintendent Mark Johnson plans to limit testing in public schools

By Jamey Cross | January 22

Mark Johnson considered feedback from parents and teachers, many of whom felt students were taking too many tests, and implemented several steps to reduce ...

Matt Hughes, Orange County Democratic Party Chair, congratulates James Barrett on his election to the Board of Education Tuesday evening at 411 West restaurant on West Franklin Street.

James Barrett, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education member, running for state superintendent

By Ryan Smoot | January 15

“Given that turnover is good for boards, and given that I want to take on the chance to serve students and teachers at a broader level, I won’t be ...

Why the PTA wants the PTA Thrift Shop in Carrboro to leave their name out of it

By Laura Brummett | December 5

The PTA Thrift Shop, an independent nonprofit, announced a construction campaign in 2011.

Future of Glenwood's Mandarin magnet program uncertain after school board meeting

By Julia Masters | December 3

By fighting controversial opinions of parents and faculty, a local elementary school is trying to become a Mandarin magnet school and language program. ...

'A profound and severe need': CHCCS school board re-evaluates future of LEAP

By Blake Weaver | December 3

The LEAP program aims to meet the severe needs of students at the top of the academic spectrum, which several in the CHCCS system say is as necessary ...

'The elephant in the room': Racial disciplinary gaps persist in CHCCS schools

By Mattias Miller | November 29

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have put multiple policies in place to focus on making schools more equitable, diminishing a disciplinary gap between ...

Installation of solar panels begins at East Chapel Hill High

By Lyell McMerty | November 25

Once the project is complete, ECHHS will have 16 solar panels, which will generate roughly the same amount of energy needed by the average household every ...