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Former Chapel Hill High teacher prepares for move

By Katie Reilly | August 23

Bert Wartski spent Tuesday unpacking 19 years of teaching materials as he moved out of Chapel Hill High School and into his new classroom at East Chapel ...

Redistricting plans move forward

By Katie Reilly | August 21

More than 1,000 local elementary school students will go back to school in a different district next year.

Frank Porter Graham Elementary will begin magnet conversion

By Chessa DeCain and Ariel Smith | July 18

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will have their first meeting of the 2012-13 school year on Thursday, but the dual-language program ...

School board approves transition of Frank Porter Graham to magnet school

By Lauren Kostenberger | June 8

With a 5-1 vote, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education approved the conversion of Frank Porter Graham Elementary School into a magnet ...

Future of dual-language program discussed at special school board meeting

By Chessa DeCain ?and Vinayak Balasubramanian | May 29

Although about 60 parents came to the special Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, few lasted through the lengthy ...

A difficult solution: A magnet school may be the best solution to a complex problem

By Editorial Board | May 27

On June 7, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will vote whether or not to turn Frank Porter Graham Elementary School into a magnet school. While this ...

Cherfaoui charged with first-degree murder, could face death penalty

By Chessa DeCain | May 25

Ali Cherfaoui, 49, of NC Highway 54 in Carrboro has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Chahnaz Kebaier, 40. If convicted, Cherfaoui ...

Parents criticize dual-language plan move

By Jasmin Singh | May 20

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education members are likely to approve the conversion of Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to a magnet ...

Dual-language plan meets critical reception

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | May 17

Plans to convert Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to a magnet school were overwhelmingly rejected by children, parents and teachers at a Chapel Hill-Carborro ...

School board meeting Thursday could have more than 100 attendants

By Chessa DeCain | May 17

Concerned parents of students at Frank Porter Graham and Mary Scroggs Elementary Schools will attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System Board ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in debt over free lunches

By Sarah Mansur | April 24

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School’s lunch policy has accumulated thousands in unpaid lunch fees for the school district. At a March meeting, CHCCS ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro CIty School district sees increased enrollment, hopes to build two new schools

By Megan Hahn | April 24

Even as crews work on Elementary School 11, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School district leaders are already looking toward the next wave of district schools. ...

An increased demand for autism services finds Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools lacking

By Katie Reilly | April 24

Kristine Lewis’ autistic son was in the first grade at Chapel Hill’s Ephesus Elementary when she decided to pull him out for home-schooling.

Frank Porter Graham Elementary could become a Spanish dual-language magnet school

By Chloe Opper | April 19

At a tear-filled meeting Thursday night, parents and teachers voiced concern about turning Frank Porter Graham Elementary into a magnet school.

Undocumented students face legal, psychological challenges

By Jeanna Smialek | April 10

Like many undocumented immigrant students, Emilio Vicente said he knew early in high school that he would have trouble attending college — and that ...

School system requesting reaction on language report

By From staff and wire reports | April 4

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is requesting feedback on its recently released Dual Language report.

Smith Middle School Hunger Games ?eld trip questioned

By Sarah Mansur | April 2

Many Chapel Hill residents have joined the national Hunger Games craze, but one parent wasn’t so enthusiastic.

Chapel Hill High School students get lesson in government from local officials

By Kathryn Trogdon | March 29

Students at Chapel Hill High School usually learn civics out of textbooks, but on Thursday afternoon their lesson plan got a little more personal.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools explore child labor’s past and present

By Elizabeth Straub | March 29

Though Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s days of child labor are long past, the end of McDougle Middle’s school day was signaled Thursday by a factory whistle ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ dual language Chinese program may be cut

By Florence Bryan | March 29

Parent preferences and school district priorities are getting lost in translation when it comes to the Chinese dual language program in Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...