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Fighting This Transfer

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 13, 2012 | The Commentators

Dear Editor, My name is Bert Wartski. As I await the Superior Court Hearing (August 17th at 2 pm at the Old Hillsborough Court House), I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written letters, given...

Teacher Transfers: Not Going Away

Posted by Staff | Aug 1, 2012 | Uncategorized

I have been writing this column for well over a year. I’ve written on topics as mundane as grocery shopping and as critical as the state education budget. I’ve written about highly emotional topics such as Amendment One. ...

Teaching Beyond the Classroom

Posted by Staff | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized

This column will add to a main problem with what is frequently written online: I’m about to write my opinion of something about which I have almost no firsthand knowledge. Kind of makes you want to click something else,...

Let's do the math on magnet schools

Posted by The Commentators | May 25, 2012 | The Commentators

Today I speak with you as an extremely disheartened FPG parent, but also as a concerned citizen. So much is in the news about budget cuts, teacher layoffs and barebones classrooms for our schools. Yet our experience to keep FPG...

UNC professor who writes about the struggle lived it in Chapel Hill

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 19, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Wouldn’t it be great if Carolina had a professor of African American history who actually lived through the Civil Rights struggles and the desegregation of the public schools? Wouldn’t it be even better if that professor...

Smith Math Whizzes Rock State

Posted by Staff | Apr 10, 2012 | Uncategorized

Can you imagine having your school day come to an end and then rushing off, happily, to Math Club so you can do even more math (and don’t forget that there is still your math homework to do)? Well, this may be difficult for many...

Recruiting

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 1, 2012 | The Commentators

Can somebody explain to me “recruiting” in Division 1 intercollegiate sports? Recently, high school athletes announced the schools that they plan to attend and the teams they will join next year. Concerns have been raised...

3 Ways to get Money for College

Posted by Staff | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

Since the beginning of their lives, young people have been groomed for college. Years are spent preparing them to get into the best schools. Then it happens – college application time. While students are focused on...

Presidential Volunteer Award

Posted by Staff | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

Have you heard about the Presidential Volunteer Service Award? It is an award given by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to individuals, families, and groups that have provided a certain number of...

Our Community is at a Turning Point

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 25, 2012 | The Commentators

I thought I had experienced the village in the 70’s as a student at Carolina. Then, the old-timers corrected me, saying, “That wasn’t the village! It was back in the 50’s. Or the 60’s. When we were in school!” and so it...

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