The filing period for 2015 local elections opened up at eight o’clock Monday morning. The latest official reports from the Board of Elections are listed below: Chapel Hill: Mayor: Mark Kleinschmidt*, Gary Kahn, Pam Hemminger....
Read MoreThe state Senate’s proposed budget would scrap the requirement that 15-to-17-year-olds have to complete driver’s education in order to get a learner’s permit. That would mean young drivers, like everyone else, could get a...
Read MoreMany teachers will say their most important, and sometimes most difficult, job is keeping students engaged. That challenge has prompted one local kindergarten teacher to come up with an out-of-the box idea. The covered-outdoor...
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The two local school districts presented their 2015-16 budget requests to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
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The proposed Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools budget would set a wage floor for employees of $12.76 per hour, which is the current minimum wage for Orange County government employees.
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The board approved a capital investment plan that lists major repair and maintenance projects, estimated at $15.9 million over the next five years.
Read MoreThe number of public school students in North Carolina has increased by more than 48,000 since 2007-08, yet the state funding level for public schools has decreased by $100 million.
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In local schools, an African American student is five times as likely as a white student to get suspended, and three times as likely to get reprimanded.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board chose its new member on Monday from a pool of fourteen applicants.
Read MoreNorthside Elementary School has received Platinum certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, with the Green Building Certification Institute for the school’s design focused on efficiency and sustainability.
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