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No. 21 UNC baseball overpowers Miami, 4-2, to secure series win

| March 29

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

CHCCS plans to ask Orange County Commissioners to add funding for staff pay

By Maggie McIntyre | September 5

At its work session on Sept. 1, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education discussed sending a letter to the Orange County Board of County ...

N.C. Supreme Court hears arguments over ordering legislature to fund Leandro Plan

By Avery Baker | September 5

“One of the key things here is that this case is not weighing whether or not we need to invest more in education,” Mary Ann Wolf, president and executive ...

CHCCS held its first day of school on Aug. 29 with adapted COVID-19 requirements

By Sierra President | August 29

On Monday, Aug. 29, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools opened its doors for another school year. This is the first full school year since 2019 when face ...

Mural at Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe Elementary celebrates diversity, immersion

By Madison Ward | August 16

Inaugural Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe Elementary School resident artist Antonio Alanís has been working with students on a mural that celebrates diversity ...

CHCCS student will have experiment performed on ISS next year

By Joelle Adeleke | August 16

Pristine Onuoha, a rising senior at East Chapel Hill High School, won the Genes in Space Challenge on July 28. Her genetic research experiment concerning ...

Chapel Hill Police Department to increase pedestrian safety enforcement operations

By Emmy Martin | August 1

The Chapel Hill Police Department will increase pedestrian safety enforcement operations — in addition to normal patrols — as students return to UNC ...

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Local law enforcement and CHCCS discuss action following school shooting in Uvalde

By Sarah Choi and Ethan E. Horton | June 7

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chief Communications Officer Andy Jenks said officials for the school system and local law enforcement met the afternoon ...

East Chapel Hill High School student announced as finalist in national science competition

By Joelle Adeleke | May 25

Pristine Onuoha, a junior at East Chapel Hill High School, was announced as one of the finalists for the Genes in Space challenge hosted by Boeing and miniPCR ...

South Orange Rescue Squad donates ambulance to Chapel Hill High School for EMT classes

By Lucy Marques | May 24

Chapel Hill High School held a ceremony to dedicate an ambulance donated by the South Orange Rescue Squad to the school’s EMT program last Thursday. ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools celebrating 30th anniversary of Project Graduation

By Ethan Harrell | May 22

Project Graduation — which organizes a drug- and alcohol-free graduation party for high school seniors — will celebrate its 30th anniversary this ...

CHCCS cancels after-school activities due to severe weather

By Sarah Choi | May 6

All Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will cancel or reschedule their after-school and evening athletics, activities and events today due to severe weather. ...

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Tiffany Cheshire appointed principal of Guy B. Phillips Middle School

By Avery Baker | April 17

Tiffany Cheshire, who has served as interim principal since October 2021, officially began her role as principal of Guy B. Phillips Middle School on April ...

Carrboro High School reinstates mask mandate after COVID-19 cluster

By Susie Webb | April 13

Carrboro High School will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Thursday after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was reported at the school.

CHCCS School Safety Task Force discusses school resource officers alternatives

By Katie MacKinnon | April 11

SROs are law enforcement officers placed in schools with the goal of creating and maintaining safe, secure and orderly learning environments for students, ...

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Reports highlight racial disparities in disciplinary infractions in OCS, CHCCS schools

By Madelyn Van Meter | April 5

Data presented in a March 22 Orange County Board of Education meeting showed that Black students make up about 14 percent of the student body population ...

Orange County BOE approves plans to mitigate COVID-19 spread amid spring break travel

By Brian Rosenzweig | March 9

Masks will remain optional in Orange County Schools as long as positivity rates stay below two percent. If more than two percent of the student ...

North Carolina ESL teachers navigate pandemic challenges

By Ian Walniuk | March 8

As the pandemic and associated staffing shortages have taken a toll on school districts across North Carolina, English language teachers have faced many ...

'This job is exhausting': CHCCS struggles with teacher shortages

By Ethan E. Horton | March 8

North Carolina is experiencing teacher shortages in all core subjects for elementary schools as many teachers have considered leaving their jobs — or ...

Carrboro Lions Club donates vision screener to CHCCS

By Sierra President | March 1

“I think we’ve seen more kids younger and younger who are getting glasses prescribed and getting their vision impairments corrected earlier," Exceptional ...

Editorial: Mitigating the effect of the pandemic on speech development

By Editorial Board | February 28

"Isolation caused by the pandemic has also created concern among educators and parents as we wonder what the future effects of social isolation and the ...