Orange County Schools Archives - Page 21 of 27

Weather Causing Monday Delays, Closings

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 7, 2018 | Weather

Lingering inclement weather is causing school closings or delays on Monday, January 8. Chatham County Schools will be closed for students Monday. Staff is under an optional teacher workday on a two-hour delay. Orange County...

Schools Preparing for Possibility of Inclement Weather

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 3, 2018 | Weather

Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools have canceled all after-school activities after 5 p.m. on Wednesday ahead of the possibility of inclement weather. Chatham County Schools have joined CHCCS and...

Local Schools Operating on Delay Tuesday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 1, 2018 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Both school districts in Orange County are operating on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 2, due to cold temperatures. There is no threat of inclement weather, but the delay is due to “extreme temperatures” that...

Hate Free Schools Coalition Founder Named Triangle Tribune Newsmaker of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 29, 2017 | News Around Town

Latarndra Strong spent most of 2017 lobbying the Orange County Schools Board of Education for a dress code that would ban the Confederate flag from school grounds. For her efforts, she has been named The Triangle Tribune’s...

Orange County Schools Superintendent Receives National Leadership Award

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Dec 15, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Schools superintendent Todd Wirt has been awarded a Top 30 spot for this year’s John C. Maxwell Transformational Leadership Awards for his work in education. According to the organization’s website, awards...

Local School Districts Working to Change Class Size Legislation

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 14, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Local school districts are lining up in opposition to the implementation of a new law that will cap class sizes in some elementary school grades. The Orange County Schools Board of Education passed a resolution on Monday night...

Weaver Street Market Raising Money for Food Insecure Students

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Oct 20, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough is partnering with Orange County Schools in what they call a “round-up” campaign.

Orange County Schools Bans Confederate Flag

Posted by Staff | Aug 15, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

After nearly a year of debate and deliberation, the Orange County Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a new dress code that specifically bans students from wearing the Confederate flag, the swastika or other symbols...

Orange County School Committee Approves Revised Dress Code Aimed at Banning Confederate Flag

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 20, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

A revised dress code policy is set to go back before the Orange County Schools Board of Education. The board’s policy committee unanimously passed a revised dress code policy on Wednesday. The procedural move was necessary to...

Orange County Commissioners to Adopt Recommended Budget for New Fiscal Year

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Jun 20, 2017 | Local Government

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will convene this evening to vote on spending nearly $220 million over the course of the next fiscal year. That figure represents the estimated expenditures in a proposed budget...

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