Late this year, several educators within East Chapel Hill High School’s special education department reached out to 97.9 The Hill to express concerns over discrimination within the department. Since that story broke in November, ECHHS has seen student protests, community debate and renewed conversations about systemic racism at East and in the school system as a whole.
This year, UNC made national headlines following the Board of Trustees decision to “take no action” on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application.
To reflect on the year, Chapelboro.com is re-publishing some of the top stories that impacted and defined our community’s experience in 2021. These stories and topics affected Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the rest of our region....