Nearly 100 teaching assistants in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system are in limbo, waiting to find out if they’ll still have jobs when school starts.
It’s that time of year when cash-strapped school systems send funding requests to the Orange County Board of Commissioners, which means there will almost certainly be some hard feelings when the response comes.
With the departure of veteran PE teacher, Sherry Norris, a hole will undoubtedly be left, but the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system says it’s already got a plan in motion for finding her replacement.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro educators are rejecting the changes to teacher tenure mandated by the General Assembly, and they want school board members to do the same.
New state-mandated changes to teacher tenure met with confusion and dismay when the CHCCS board reviewed what those changes will mean for local teachers.