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Statewide coalition demands action to ensure a sound, basic education for all students

By Bethany Lee | March 30

The coalition and call for change came in response to several years of a constant decline in state school funding, ranking N.C. as one of the lowest in ...

Most public school records in N.C. will now show students' preferred names

By Ella Layn | March 30

A recent change from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will now allow North Carolina public school students to list their preferred ...

CHCCS students return to in-person classes

CHCCS students, teachers return to in-person instruction for the first time in a year

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 30

On Friday morning, about one hundred students returned to Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to finish out their first week of in-person instruction ...

OCS board approves in-person elementary school learning for rest of the school year

By Alexandra Myers and Charlotte Easley | March 24

The Orange County Schools Board of Education voted to allow all elementary schools to open fully in person under Plan A. Middle and high schools will ...

Tornado warning in effect for Orange County, surrounding areas

By Susie Webb | March 17

The National Weather Service is warning of severe storms across central North Carolina on Thursday afternoon. Here's what you need to know.

A year into the pandemic, refugee and immigrant families face ongoing struggles

By Bethany Lee | March 9

Existing language and technology barriers exacerbate the difficulties local refugee and immigrant families face with tasks like helping children in online ...

CHCCS community reflects on challenges, impacts of one year of remote learning

By Kayla Guilliams | March 9

Nearly one year has passed since the System's first day of remote learning, and the CHCCS community is reflecting on the challenges the year has brought ...

CHCCS Board of Education moves forward in-person start date to March 22

By Susie Webb | March 7

All students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district will now be returning to in-person education a month earlier than previously decided. ...

‘We feel like glorified babysitters’: New teachers forge a career amid uncertainty

By Dominick Ferrara | March 3

New teachers in Chatham County reflect on the uncertainty and unpredictability of teaching during the pandemic.

Durham minister fights for Holocaust education bill to include Black history

By Bethany Lee | March 1

N.C. legislators filed a bill on Feb. 10 to make Holocaust and genocide education mandatory for public schools, but Durham minister and activist Paul ...

State legislature passes bill to send students back to school, awaits governor approval

By Guillermo Molero | February 24

It doesn’t appear to have Gov. Cooper’s support, despite him calling on K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction earlier ...

'A nail-biter': Chapel Hill High School wins its eighth men's swimming title

By Christian Avy | February 23

With first-place finishes in seven events, the Chapel Hill High men's swimming team ultimately beat Marvin Ridge High School by almost 5 points. ...

Orange County School Board renames C.W. Stanford Middle School

By Bethany Lee | February 23

“We are responsible for school and community climate," board member Jennifer Moore said. "We are having to address issues of inequity because our predecessors ...

Retired CHCCS teacher Karen Reid is looking for a kidney donor

By Britney Nguyen | February 21

Reid, who was diagnosed with a chronic kidney disease in 2014, recently published a letter asking for help finding a donor. Her disease has now progressed ...

Orange County, schools systems adjust plans ahead of winter storm

By Suzannah Claire Perry | February 17

Officials say residents should prepare for up to three days of lost power as Orange County faces a winter storm warning from midnight Thursday until 7 ...

Vinyl art installations enliven downtown Chapel Hill businesses

By Noah Robert Houser | February 16

For artist Loren Pease, the program is a way to unite the community and encourage residents to support local businesses. “Considering the times ...

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New social studies standards met with mixed feelings from students, teachers

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | February 16

The new K-12 social studies standards include terms such as racism, discrimination and identity and place a greater emphasis on social movements and competing ...

Students and faculty reflect on erasure of Black history in education

By Charity Cohen | February 11

This Black History Month, students consider the erasure of Black history lessons in schools. “When I think about the way that African American history ...

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Orange County Schools Board discusses return to in-person classes, renaming schools

By Miller Ray and Kelli Rainer | February 9

All students, except for those in kindergarten or first grade, will return to in-person instruction in April.

CHCCS votes to return to in-person classes starting in April

By Susie Webb | February 8

The CHCCS Board of Education unanimously approved a hybrid return-to-learning plan at a Feb. 4 meeting. Although originally set to vote on the matter ...