For the last two summers, CHCCS has constructed new schools. The opening of these new facilities dominated back-to-school news. With community and economic growth slowing, the focus in the Facilities and Maintenance Department shifted to smaller infrastructure improvements at some of the district’s older buildings. The roof of Carrboro Elementary’s Multipurpose Building was replaced, as…
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Carrboro Elementary’s Corke named teacher of the year
Carrboro Elementary School teacher Briana Corke was named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year last week at the district’s annual recognition banquet. Corke teaches the fourth-grade Spanish dual-language class at Carrboro Elementary, where she began her teaching career in 2003. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a bachelor’s degree in…
Sock hop celebrates elementary’s 50-year anniversary
By Emily Burns Staff Writer Carrboro Elementary School students got a taste of what it would have been like to grow up in the 1950s at a sock hop Friday afternoon. The school’s auditorium was packed with hundreds of smiling students clad in poodle skirts and colorful scarves, saddle shoes and bobby socks, and leather…