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,...
Read MoreDebbie Piscitelli had been appointed to the Orange County Schools board less than a year ago.
Read MoreOrange County’s poverty rate is declining by some measures – but not by others.
Read MoreA 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 –...
Read MoreOrange 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...
Read MoreSeveral parents brought their concerns to the Orange County School board and at least three formal complaints have been filed.
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The two local school districts presented their 2015-16 budget requests to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Orange County Schools Board of Education has selected a Wake County educator to serves as the new superintendent.
Read MoreTraditional school students in the Orange County School System will add 20 minutes to the end of the instructional day beginning March 16, in a new plan from the Board of Education to make up for days missed due to winter...
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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