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Elementary 11 ready to break ground in Northside

By Kathryn Trogdon | March 27

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ newest elementary school is taking its first major steps toward becoming a reality. Elementary School 11 will be ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools adopt Microsoft IT Academy curriculum

By Colleen Ni | March 25

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are among the first in the nation to test a new, workforce-oriented technology course, one teachers say is raising the ...

Prescription drug use prevalent in local high schools

By Jenny Surane | March 21

As a junior at East Chapel Hill High School, all Ben Peltzer wanted to do was direct his own one-act play in a theater class.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools fight whooping cough

By Chessa DeCain | March 20

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is taking steps to ensure a handful of recently reported cases of whooping cough do not turn into an outbreak.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will implement an online gradebook app next year

By Grace Tatter | March 20

A Google application recently approved by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education could help parents keep a better tab on their children’s grades ...

Wild about reading: Frank Porter Graham Elemetary holds annual read-a-thon

By Janie Sircey | January 25

Fifth-grader Bonnie Stolt says she has been reading at least 100 minutes a day since her elementary school began its 14th annual Read-a-thon. She and ...

Elementary 11 site remembered for all-black school history

By Cheney Gardner | January 23

Esther McCauley remembers walking past a cornerstone at the entrance of the principal’s office each day while attending Lincoln High School from 1949 ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools may reassign students to cope with overcrowding

By Kathryn Trogdon | January 18

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools expects to see enrollment increases a year before it will be equipped to handle them.

Chapel Hill charter school proposal to be reviewed today

By Florence Bryan | January 9

The application for a new charter school in Chapel Hill — a source of worry for some school officials and community members — could move forward in ...

Redistricting caused by construction of Elementary 11 could relieve uneven distribution of low-income students

By Brian Fanney | December 6

The redistricting caused by the construction of Elementary 11 might relieve the uneven distribution of low-income students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

Elementary charter school proposal meets opposition

By Jeff Kagan | November 29

Students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools could have more education options if an elementary charter school application for the area is approved.

Orange County to jump-start construction of Elementary 11

By Chelsey Dulaney | November 16

The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved funding Tuesday for an elementary school that will help alleviate overcrowding within the district.

Orange County quarter-cent tax passes with 60 percent approval

By Chelsey Dulaney | November 8

A controversial tax increase passed Tuesday will help provide funding for local schools that struggled to absorb millions in state funding cuts this year. ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools elects James Barrett as only new member to board of education

By Ana Rocha | November 8

James Barrett became the only new member elected to the board of education Tuesday night, but he said he is not completely satisfied with the seat he ...

Chapel Hill schools could start composting

By Brian Fanney | November 7

Even the youngest of Chapel Hill’s residents will now be carrying on the town’s image of being environmentally focused.

BOE victors to face smaller budgets

By Grace Tatter | November 6

School board elections happen every two years — but the members elected this Tuesday will have to handle an unprecedented combination of challenges, ...

Board of Elections mistake alters school board race

By Brian Fanney | October 16

As a result of a Board of Elections blunder, Jamezetta Bedford thought she was running unopposed for the two-year seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City ...

Chapel Hill schools teach hands-on environmentalism

By Brian Fanney | October 11

Eighth-grade students at Culbreth Middle School could learn about the environment from the comfort of their desks. But school officials decided that wouldn’t ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools focuses on Hispanic heritage

By Jenny Surane | October 9

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month during a year that marks a milestone for the Hispanic population.

CHCCS hopes for new elementary school

By Jenny Surane | September 29

As the possibility of overcrowding in local elementary schools becomes more real, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board is considering dipping into ...