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N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network to aid research in public school districts

By Grace Whittemore | November 6

The N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network is a partnership made up of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the UNC School of Education and other institutions. ...

Allison Willis runs for CHCCS board with classroom, administrative experience

By Brantley Aycock | November 6

“I think you would be hard-pressed to find an educational issue that I haven't experienced on the ground or had to kind of lead through and have experience ...

School board candidate Meredith Ballew reflects on advocacy within CHCCS

By Kathryn DeHart | November 6

School board candidate Meredith Ballew is an advocate for students with disabilities in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Her experiences as a mother ...

'Building relationships is always first': Meet three CHCCS principals

By Kaitlyn Cano | November 5

The Daily Tar Heel spoke to three Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools principals following National Principals Month in October. Principals Pamela McAllister, ...

'A good, fun thing to celebrate': Rashkis Elementary School celebrates 20th birthday

By Libby Wakefield | November 5

Students, staff, parents and alumni gathered at Rashkis Elementary School to celebrate its 20th birthday. The festivities included food trucks, games ...

Everything The Daily Tar Heel has published about the 2023 municipal elections

By Ethan E. Horton | November 3

The Daily Tar Heel has covered a wide array of issues and produced dozens of stories on the 2023 municipal elections. We've compiled these stories into ...

Equity and Empathy Ambassadors program amplifies student voices in CHCCS

By Defne Önal | November 2

High school students apart of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' Equity and Ambassadors program work together across four schools to learn about and implement ...

"This is the perfect opportunity:" Barbara Fedders runs for CHCCS Board of Education

By Grace Whittemore | October 31

Barbara Fedders is one of 14 candidates running for a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. Fedders, who has lived in Carrboro ...

North Carolina sees an increasing number of partisan school board elections

By Abigail Keller | October 30

Since achieving majority control in the N.C. General Assembly in 2010, Republican lawmakers have gradually shifted the makeup of school boards by filing ...

'Has a heart for service': Mariela Hernandez is running for CHCCS Board of Education

By Lola Oliverio | October 30

“We have faculty that tells our kids that either they’re college material or not, and words are big, they can influence a child when they don’t ...

Gov. Cooper announces new funding for school breakfast programs

By Sophie Baglioni | October 26

On Oct. 24, Gov. Roy Cooper announced he is directing $1.4 million in federal funding to expand school breakfast programs. Each school district can receive ...

Early voting locations are open. Here's what to know and where to go.

By Ethan E. Horton | October 26

During the early voting period, residents can register to vote at a polling location — and UNC students living on campus can do so with just their UNC ...

CHCCS Parent-Teacher Association Council holds school board candidate forum

By Sophie Baglioni | October 25

The CHCSS Board of Education candidates discussed their views on staff vacancies, the achievement gap and curriculum maintenance in the forum hosted on ...

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Orange County Board of Education discusses school interior renovations, redistricting

By Ginny Dempster | October 25

Tuesday's Orange County Board of Education meeting discussed redistricting plans, a bid to renovate the interior of Efland-Cheeks Global Elementary School, ...

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School board candidate Vickie Feaster Fornville reflects on her career, CHCCS policy

By Lucy Marques | October 24

"I am just as committed now as I was before I ever ran," Feaster Fornville said. "I've been committed to home my entire life. This is home and this is ...

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Statewide NC Crunch event aims to promote healthy eating habits in children

By Caroline Horne | October 22

“We also believe that if a child grows, it, cooks it, or harvests it, they’ll eat it,” Kim Shaw, the owner of A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center ...

CHCCS program provides 'specialized programming' for gifted students, self-contains classes

By Audrey Kashatus | October 22

The Learning Environment for Advanced Programming — known as LEAP — intends to serve "profoundly gifted" students who "require specialized programming ...

'The relationship is mutually beneficial:' Mentorship program expands at CHCCS

By Henry Thomas | October 17

Designed to close the racial achievement gap in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program has provided CHCCS students ...

Orange County Schools Board of Education discusses spending, Indigenous Peoples Day

By Caroline Horne | October 11

Rhonda Rath, chief financial officer of Orange County Schools, said 21 percent of the 2024 fiscal year budget has been spent, and that 25 percent of the ...

Amanda Tonkin recognized for work as CHCCS school psychologist

By Gabrielle Rothstein | October 10

“I was totally surprised, I had no idea, but it feels really good.” Tonkin said. “It’s nice to know that people see that and appreciate it, it ...