Chair of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board Deon Temne spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Monday, June 13th. He discussed school safety issues that will be the subject of the upcoming school board meeting. He also discussed end of school year and summer activities in CHCCS.
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