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Students Tag Along With County Officials

Orange High School students, dressed in their finest, skipped class Tuesday to take the helm as local officials for the day.The Orange County Board of Commissioners was one of many groups that shared their positions as local authorities with area high school students Tuesday afternoon.Members of the school's student body government attended the 12th annual "Official for a Day" program to gain an understanding of their local government.Students spent the morning shadowing a county official and the afternoon in a mock Board of Commissioners meeting.During the meeting, the s

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Schools Enact Proficiency Standards

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools are bearing down on students' proficiency standards, leaving school administrators torn between the benefits and costs of the new system.North Carolina's state accountability model, adopted to improve education by tracking and being more strict about student progress, is slowly being enacted by local school officials.One part of the system tests students on their comprehension of general subject matter to make sure they are prepared to advance to the next grade level.The tests aim to identify students' problems so teachers can address them and ensure

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