In today’s news: Chapel Hill-Carrboro parents gear up to defend the CHCCS district’s Mandarin World Language pathway, ahead of Thursday’s school board meeting. Also: the Chapel Hill Town Council will discuss greenways and the updated LUMO tonight; the Ackland Art Museum closes its museum store; and Carrboro renames one of its offices in response to anti-DEI legislation – though the work will remain about the same. And in sports: UNC men’s soccer gets a win; two Tar Heel cross country stars earn ACC honors; the schedule is out for Carolina wrestling; four UNC athletes join a new eligibility lawsuit out of Indiana; and UNC baseball head coach Scott Forbes looks ahead to 2027.
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