Ran Northam, Author at Chapelboro.com

Common Core Standards Place New Demands On CHCCS Students

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 8, 2013 | Pre-K - 12 Education | 0 |

New state test results show room for improvement, but officials say that’s due in part to the fundamental nature of the curriculum changes.

So. Village Commercial Robber Captured

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 8, 2013 | Crime | 0 |

It took less than 24 hours to track down a man suspected of breaking and entering at multiple businesses in Southern Village.

Rep. Meyer: “Gvt. Needs To Serve All People”

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 7, 2013 | State Government | 0 |

Orange County resident and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ Director of Student Equity and Volunteer Services, Graig Meyer says he will lead you from his House 50 seat with integrity, intention, and inclusion.

CHCCS Scores Well On New State Tests, Econ. Disadvantaged Below Mark

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 7, 2013 | Pre-K - 12 Education | 0 |

Economically disadvantaged children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system didn’t meet state standards under the new Common Core READY system, but state officials and district leaders say the new system needs time to normalize.

Final Athlete Inducement Indictments To Be Unsealed

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 6, 2013 | Crime | 0 |

Orange and Chatham counties’ District Attorney Jim Woodall says the final two indictments in the Unified Athlete Agents Act case could be unsealed by the end of this week.

Common Core Standard Scores Schedule To Release

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 6, 2013 | Pre-K - 12 Education | 0 |

The first round of North Carolina’s Common Core Standard scores are scheduled to be released Thursday morning with the understanding that the numbers aren’t looking good.

Newcomer Davidson Joins Two Incumbents On CHCCS School Board

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 5, 2013 | Election | 0 |

Andrew Davidson will join incumbents Shell Brownstein and James Barrett on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board.

Voting Remains Slow On Election Day

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 5, 2013 | Election | 0 |

ORANGE COUNTY – Early voting only produced a little more than 2000 voters, and the precincts were warned to expect lower numbers in this year’s election. Chapel Hill Community Center Precinct Chief Judge Fred Ethel says he was told this election didn’t receive the same following as previous elections. “We had a couple of people that thought there wasn’t as much publicity about this election this time, and certainly information about some of the candidates they thought was not as readily available,” Ethel says. Ethel says not all voters had negative spirits for the off-year election. “Everyone else was...

BoCC To Discuss Southern Branch Library Location

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 5, 2013 | Local Government | 0 |

County commissioners meet Tuesday to discuss the next steps in narrowing down a site for a southern branch of the Orange County Library.