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CHCCS Black students 10 times more likely to get suspended than white students

By Mattias Miller | January 21

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools racial equity report card for the 2015-16 school year showed that 51.3 percent of short-term suspensions were ...

Chapel Hill received up to 10 inches of snow on Jan. 17, leading to two and a half days of cancelled classes for UNC students.

Winter Storm Inga hits Chapel Hill, Cooper declares NC in state of emergency

By Karlton Tate | January 18

North Carolina received record snowfall in some parts of the state on Wednesday.

Orange County Snow Survival Guide: Closures and updates

By Rachel Jones , Tyler Fleming , Molly Horak and Rebecca Ayers | January 16

Central North Carolina, including Orange County, is expected to receive two to four inches of snow Wednesday morning, according to a statement by the ...

What it was like to be a Black student in Chapel Hill 60 years ago

By Maria Elena Vizcaino | January 14

David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training ...

Chapel Hill High School's newspaper transitions to being fully online

By Lauren Talley | January 10

Chapel Hill High’s student newspaper, the Proconian, will be going digital starting this year. The decision to move to an online platform was one of ...

Students at East Chapel Hill High School spend time outside after school is let out.

Orange County Schools struggle to cap class size for NC legislation

By Ashley Peterson | January 9

North Carolina school districts are facing a funding crisis. In Orange County, voters approved a $120 million-dollar bond in November 2016 to renovate ...

CHHS interim principal sends profane newsletter to parents

By Maria Elena Vizcaino and Rebecca Ayers | November 13

Every week Chapel Hill High School parents receive a newsletter with school announcements and updates. This week, the school’s interim principal used ...

Some students in North Carolina pay tuition for public schools

By Rachel Jones | November 8

This year, 20 Orange County Schools students' and their families did something that seems antithetical to attending a public primary or secondary school ...

CHCCS system looks forward to renovating old district buildings with new board members

By Ashley Peterson | November 8

Chapel Hill-Carrboro voters elected two new members to the school board, and re-elected two incumbents Tuesday night.

Taxing, funding and a tale of two school districts

By Rebecca Ayers | November 6

For more than 100 years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has had a special tax, providing additional funding to the district — a tax Orange ...

CHCCS Principal of the Year John Williams

Q&A with John Williams, CHCCS Principal of the Year

By Jacquelyn Melinek | October 30

John Williams is the principal at Phoenix Academy High School in Chapel Hill and was recently named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Principal of the ...

Orange County Schools works on advanced course achievement gap

By Rachel Jones | October 29

The students at Orange County Schools that enrolled in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way courses took a total of ...

CHCCS School Board and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners Voter Guides

October 25

Meet the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners candidates and those running for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP named 2017 North Carolina branch of the year

By Chantal Shine | October 17

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP was named the 2017 Branch of the Year at the North Carolina State Convention last month.

CHCCS school board candidates gather for candidate forum

By Simrann Wadhwa | October 17

The candidates for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools school board met for a candidates forum on Monday night.

Family Success Alliance aims to close the achievement gap

By Nicole Booth | October 10

The opportunity gap in schools can begin as soon as kindergarten. Children below the poverty line are placed at a distinct disadvantage upon the start ...

Fourth grade teacher files for CHCCS school board during extended filing time

By Caroline Levine | October 8

A fourth grade teacher joined the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) school board race after the school board extended its filing period due to ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools celebrate Walk to School Day

By Claire Willmschen | October 4

Students across the nation walked to school Wednesday, marking the 20th anniversary of “Walk to School Day,” an event slated for October 4th in the ...

CHCCS teacher accused of crime

By Maria Elena Vizcaino | October 4

This article's content was removed in respect for the family's privacy after all charges were expunged from the record.

What are Chapel Hill schools doing to combat achievement gaps?

By Olivia Slagle | October 1

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has the second largest achievement gap between black and white students in the United States, according to a Stanford ...