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New Hope Elementary Students Get Books for Summer Break

Posted by Staff | Jun 11, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

An estimated 650 elementary students at New Hope Elementary School in Hillsborough picked out six to ten books to read over their summer break to keep them engaged. Students gathered at the elementary school on June sixth and...

‘Change in Culture’ for Teacher Pay in CHCCS

Posted by Staff | Jun 7, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools is changing how they pay their teachers, but not everyone has been happy with it. Project Advance is a new payment method that would give teacher pay raises based on professional development,...

CHCCS Working Through Budget Questions

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 6, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools assistant superintendent Todd LoFrese said at the Board of Education meeting last Thursday that the system is receiving new information regarding the budgetary process, but that does not...

Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted by Staff | May 31, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt received the first ever lifetime achievement award from Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. The award recognizes Hunt’s public service on behalf of children and...

CHCCS Teachers Upset With Project Advance

Posted by Staff | May 27, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Project Advance is a new payment method Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will implement during the 2016-2017 school year. The program would base teacher raises not on number of years in the district, but instead on professional...

Orange County Schools Unhappy With Budget Proposal

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Addressing the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the first time since the 2016-2017 fiscal budget was proposed, chair of the Orange County Schools Board of Education Donna Coffee expressed her displeasure with the current...

Orange County Schools See New Leadership

Posted by Staff | May 25, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Schools is shuffling around two of the district leaders for next year. Eric Yarbrough is the current principal of Gravelly Hill Middle School. But come next year, he will serve as the new principal of Orange High...

Chapel Hill – Carrboro Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella Retiring

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 24, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Dr. Tom Forcella is retiring from his position as superintendent of the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools District. The announcement came on Tuesday afternoon. Forcella has worked in school districts across the country...

Duke Study Finds High School Dropout Tendencies Start at Young Age

Posted by Staff | May 24, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Jennifer Lansford is a professor of public policy at Duke University and started a research team to study resilient high school dropouts. She wanted to learn what factors help students live successful lives after leaving high...

Culbreth Middle School Teacher Named District Teacher of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 23, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Culbreth Middle School teacher Jessie Grinnell has been named the Chapel Hill – Carrboro School District Teacher of the Year. The award was announced at the Annual Recognition Reception on Friday at Carrboro High School....

Pre-K – 12 Education

New Hope Elementary Students Get Books for Summer Break

‘Change in Culture’ for Teacher Pay in CHCCS

CHCCS Working Through Budget Questions

Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

CHCCS Teachers Upset With Project Advance

Orange County Schools Unhappy With Budget Proposal

Orange County Schools See New Leadership

Chapel Hill – Carrboro Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella Retiring

Duke Study Finds High School Dropout Tendencies Start at Young Age

Culbreth Middle School Teacher Named District Teacher of the Year

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