Orange County Schools Archives - Page 22 of 26

School Boards Prepare To Present To County Commissioners

Posted by Staff | Apr 26, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will present their 2016-2017 budgets to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in a meeting Tuesday night. The presentation will be the next formal step for CHCCS, in...

Commissioners To Hold Public Hearing On Upcoming Bond

Posted by Staff | Apr 19, 2016 | Local Government

The Board of Orange County Commissioners will be taking public comment on the upcoming bond Tuesday night. It will be the first of two public hearings on the bond which, if passed in November, will be the largest in county...

Commissioners Reject Proposal To Hire Contractor For Bond

Posted by Staff | Mar 24, 2016 | Local Government

Orange County could be issuing a bond worth up to $120 million to go to both Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools after the elections in November. Because this would only pay for a fraction of the...

Orange County Schools Superintendent and Middle School Receive Awards

Posted by Staff | Feb 5, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Schools Superintendent Dr. Todd Wirt has been named the 2016 Outstanding Young Educator by the North Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum. Wirt began his job as superintendent on July 1, 2015....

Orange County School Board Fills 1 Vacancy Announces Another

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 13, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Members of the Orange County Board of Education voted on Monday to appoint Dr. Millicent Rainey to fill the seat on the board left vacant when Lawrence Sanders resigned. Dr. Rainey will hold the seat until July 1, 2016,...

Orange County Schools Board Chair Resigns

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 24, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Debbie Piscitelli had been appointed to the Orange County Schools board less than a year ago.

Orange County Is Wealthy, But Poverty Still Widespread

Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 8, 2015 | Development

Orange County’s poverty rate is declining by some measures – but not by others.

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools Score Highly

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 4, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

A new set of grades are out for public schools in the Tar Heel state. The State Board of Education released preliminary information regarding student performance based on a variety of measures on Wednesday. Chapel Hill –...

OC Schools Cancels Hearing on Gay Children’s Book

Posted by Staff | Jun 18, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Public Schools canceled the public hearing planned to discuss a gay children’s book. Parents complained after former Efland-Cheeks Elementary teacher Omar Currie read his third-grade class a story about two princes...

Gay Fairy Tale Sparks Controversy at Efland-Cheeks Elementary

Posted by Staff | May 14, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Several parents brought their concerns to the Orange County School board and at least three formal complaints have been filed.

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