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CHCCS seeks nominations for year’s teacher awards

By From staff and wire reports | March 24

Teacher of the Year nominations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teachers are now being accepted. Teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade ...

School board meetings to begin live video streaming

By From staff and wire reports | March 24

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will begin streaming videos of its meetings online April 7.

CHCCS Board of Education re-purposes April meeting

By From staff reports | March 23

The April 14 meeting of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting has been re-purposed. It was originally planned as a regular ...

Estes Hills students to learn about college and careers

By From staff and wire reports | March 22

Third graders at Estes Hills Elementary School will investigate potential careers at a college and career fair Thursday. The students have prepared ...

School Board cancels closed session scheduled Friday

By From staff and wire reports | February 23

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education was scheduled to meet in closed session on Friday night to review applications for school superintendent, ...

Student gets award from president for volunteering

By From staff and wire reports | February 23

An East Chapel Hill High School student received the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Local students visit the NC School of Science and Math

By From staff and wire reports | February 7

Students involved in the Math Olympiad team at Rashkis Elementary School visited the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics last week. About ...

Online classes face budget cuts

By Lindsay Pope | February 2

After a 200 percent increase in online course enrollment since the 2007-08 school year, Mia Burroughs, vice chairwoman of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City ...

Community superintendent survey yields high response

By Nick Andersen | January 21

A recently released survey of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools stakeholders suggested the system’s new leader needs to be capable of making difficult ...

Middle school wins travel grant

By Tori Koesters | January 13

Some local students should start brushing up on their French after their middle school received a grant to encourage global education.

Snow days not always welcome for Chapel Hill parents

By Lindsay Pope | January 12

It’s early morning, and the ground outside is white and slushy. As parents sit uneasily watching closures scroll across the bottom of the news, children ...

Cedar Ridge High School replaces its athletic director

By Sarah Glen | January 10

After suspending an athletic director and head basketball coach after a personnel investigation, Cedar Ridge High School has filled the positions left ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools provides update on current budget situation

By From staff and wire reports | December 7

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has released three communication projects in an effort to keep the community informed on the budget constraints the ...

Orange County Schools discuss budget

By Tori Koesters | December 5

The combined effects of a $7.7 million funding deficit and even further reductions mandated by the state could force Orange County Schools to cut teacher, ...

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education decisively change course offerings

By Jessica Gaylord | December 3

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education sought to revise a list of course options, including physical education, German and art, at Thursday ...

Orange County schools suffer from dried-up funding

By Victoria Stilwell | December 1

As local and state officials gear up for a third year of heavy budget cuts, many are concerned about what the reductions will mean for academics, staff ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools facilities are overcrowded

By Brian Fanney | November 28

Although the district has not seen abnormal growth, six of the 17 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools facilities are over capacity. Of these five, four ...

Orange schools could redistrict

By Victoria Stilwell | November 18

Elementary students could be attending different schools as soon as next year if plans to redistrict Orange County Schools materialize after the board ...

Scroggs Elementary brings back "Writer's Cafe" for student authors

By Tori Koesters | November 14

A local elementary school is giving its students a less formal way to show off their writing talents in front of their classmates, teachers and family. Mary ...

Finding a 'plan B' for Orange County Schools

By Victoria Stilwell | November 3

When voters defeated the county’s proposed sales tax increase, they did more than save themselves a quarter for every $100 purchase. Schools, emergency ...