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Dual Language: More Than One Option

Posted by The Commentators | May 15, 2012 | The Commentators

This is Andrew Davidson and I’m a member of the School Improvement Team at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, where I have a second grader and a rising kindergartener. The revised Dual-Language proposal put before our...

Chapel Hill 2020 Just Might Be Truly Democratic

Posted by The Commentators | May 10, 2012 | The Commentators

I am suspicious of towns that claim to be “truly democratic.” In my experience that means that the influential people get to negotiate how they’ll use everyone’s resources. Sure, there is “input” from the public, but...

Bad For Business

Posted by The Commentators | May 8, 2012 | The Commentators

Today, North Carolinians go to the polls to vote in a primary election. You may never have voted in a primary before, or maybe never voted in any election, or maybe you don’t claim any political party. But today all North...

Everything Changes Next Week…Unless We Stop Amendment One

Posted by The Commentators | May 3, 2012 | The Commentators

I’m a Chapel Hill resident, and I’ve got something to say. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, and a number of other towns around the state offer domestic partnerships. That ends next week. Unmarried heterosexual couples, and...

Pam Hemminger for Open County Leadership

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 30, 2012 | The Commentators

County government matters, and many of us pay close attention to the decisions that impact schools, economic development and critical county services for public health and safety. In that context, we encourage District 1 voters...

Support and Protect Diversity

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 27, 2012 | The Commentators

You probably already know that it takes a village to raise a child. But did you know that the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School District is recommending turning one of its best known and best loved little villages, Frank Porter...

Kindergarten Parents: Register for Chinese by May 31

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 26, 2012 | The Commentators

If you are a parent of a rising kindergarten parent in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district, please note that CHCCS is still accepting applications to the outstanding and innovative Chinese dual language...

Turn Them Down Carolina Flats

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 24, 2012 | The Commentators

Monday night, the Town Council will be reviewing a request to re-zone the corner of MLK/Historic Airport Road and Estes Drive. The project, named “Carolina Flats,” proposes to develop this tract of land with a four...

The ‘OMG Rule’ For Political, Economic And Social Etiquette

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 14, 2012 | The Commentators

You know, it suddenly struck me recently that we don’t need complicated definitions for competing political, economic and social philosophies to determine how we should interact when living and working together in a community, a...

Benefit to Some AND to All

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 9, 2012 | The Commentators

A recent story on WCHL informed us that Orange County rural residents were upset because, although they represent 40% of the county population, they would only receive 12% of services under a newly proposed Orange County Bus...

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