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Monument commemorates Chapel Hill's all-black school

By Olivia Page-Pollard | April 21

A crowd of about 30 gathered Saturday to view the commemoration of a new monument celebrating the former students and faculty of Lincoln High School, ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools partners with Weaver Street for school lunches

By Caroline Hudson | April 18

Continuing its mission to provide healthier school lunches, Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools is now offering more local food options to students.

Achievement gap revisited by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools educators

By Grace Tatter | April 17

Howard Lee said he has been having the same conversation about the achievement gap since 1966.

Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to fully convert to dual-language

By Gayatri Surendranathan | April 14

Kelly Serrano, a Latina mother with three sons in dual-language classes at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, loves that her children are taught in ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools program bridges internet gap

By Corinne White | March 31

Kerry Sherrill, Carrboro Elementary School’s social worker, remembers one of her third-graders jumping up and down with glee in January after receiving ...

School ?officials prepare for budget cuts

By Danielle Herman | March 26

Facing another year of grim budget projections, local school officials are again gearing up for funding cuts.

Howard and Lillian Lee Schools Charter School loses partner

By Jenny Drabble | March 21

National Heritage Academies announced Tuesday that it would no longer be part of Carrboro’s first approved charter school, raising questions for the ...

Pilot program combines texting and eating

By Corinne Jurney | March 18

Hill High School will combine two of students’ favorite activities: texting and eating.

Residents voice concerns, charter school opening may delay

By Tyler Clay | March 5

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing for a contentious development that would bring a charter school and commercial and residential ...

East Chapel Hill High School holds cyberbullying summit

By Jasmin Singh | February 21

For East Chapel Hill High School junior Erika Franco, Facebook is one of the few ways she can stay connected to her family in Mexico.

New school will focus on Spanish

By Andy Bradshaw | February 13

For years, Carrboro Elementary School principal Emily Bivins has hoped for a dual-language program that would allow students to spend most of their day ...

Rashkis Elementary School's Arts in Action fundraiser.
Emily Zhen

Chapel Hill elementary school raises $7,000 for arts program

By McKenzie Coey | February 10

Rashkis Elementary School raised about $7,000 for the North Carolina Arts in Action program in a fundraiser Friday night.

School discipline shows racial inequality

By Grace Tatter | February 3

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools might be among the strongest in the state when it comes to racial equity, but community members stressed that there ...

Joshua Zhou, Helen Jiang, and Rohan Deshpande (left to right) are students at Phillips Middle School. They are part of a group trying to combat Orange County’s solid waste issues.

Chapel Hill middle school students learn about recycling hands on

By Paige Ladisic | January 24

As part of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the students conducted a classroom trash audit in which they collected and sorted through everything ...

Local schools re-evaluate gun control

By Cammie Bellamy | January 8

As the nation reflects on the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., administrators in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are discussing ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools consider redistricting plans

By Cammie Bellamy | December 2

With the 2012-13 school year reaching its halfway point, administrators will hear parent feedback tonight on controversial school redistricting plans ...

The Carrboro High football team is playing in the state championship on Friday, after only having a football program for 6 years. They are practicing hard this week in preparation for the big game.

Carrboro High football team set to play for state title

By Wesley Lima | November 29

Five years ago, Carrboro High School first opened its doors and simultaneously christened its first football team, limping to a 2-20 record during its ...

Hannah Leonard for after-school athletics program

By Trevor Casey | November 5

Hannah Leonard wants to bring 6th graders to UNC to connect with athletes and develop more active lifestyles.

Josh Rowsey for after-school poetry program

By Zach Freshwater | November 5

Josh Rowsey wants to see kids jamming to poetry. If he wins Mr. UNC, Rowsey plans to create an after-school poetry program for students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

Local school districts outperform state norms

By Danielle Herman | October 30

Last week, North Carolina released report cards — but not for students. The state published the 2012 North Carolina School Report Cards, which provide ...