Orange County Schools Archives - Page 25 of 29

Community Members Ask Orange County To Increase School Funding

Posted by Staff | May 12, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

School funding quickly became the focus of the public hearing held by the Orange County Board of Commissioners Thursday night. Teachers, students and parents from Orange County Schools showed up in Hillsborough to ask the board...

County Manager Presents Orange County Budget Recommendations

Posted by Staff | May 5, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

Orange County took the first steps toward getting a budget approved for the coming fiscal year as manager Bonnie Hammersley presented her recommendations to the Board of Commissioners Thursday night. Commissioner Mia Burroughs...

Board Of Commissioners Set To Talk County Budget

Posted by Staff | May 5, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will receive the county manager’s recommendation for the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget in their meeting Thursday night. The budget will address a number of topics including school...

Merging Orange County School Districts Not ‘Worth the Squeeze’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 28, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

While our community works to find a way to provide housing options to every family that would like to live Orange County, former Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt brought up an idea during the WCHL Community Forum that has...

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.

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