By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer It was a well-attended forum Tuesday night at the Chapel Hill public library as Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education candidates argued for why they should be elected. But the variety of issues discussed left something to be desired.
Category: Schools
School board meeting Oct. 1
There will be a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Oct. 1 at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. The board will discuss progress of construction at the Lincoln Center, Carrboro Elementary and the elementary school to be built in the Northside neighborhood. The board also will be presented with a report on the…
Walk and Race for Education
Organizers are celebrating the “Lucky 13th†year of the annual Walk and Race for Education on Oct. 17 to support the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. The walk concludes with a carnival on the grounds of the Lincoln Center. To donate for a student or school, visit the Foundation website at
Carrboro Elementary carnival booth
Carrboro Elementary will have a carnival booth at the Walk for Education on Oct. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. with hair braiding, face and nail painting and treats. Proceeds will go directly to the hosting schools to raise money for school programs and supplies.
Carrboro Orchestra
The Carrboro High School Orchestra and Chorus will present a “From Renaissance Spirit to Spirituals†concert on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the school. The 26-member orchestra will play a selection of the music it will perform in Prague during spring break. The music will include the Bagatelle, op. 47, no. 5, by Dvorak. Each of…
Integrity committee seeks volunteers
The ECHHS Integrity Committee is looking for parent representatives to serve with faculty, staff, students and administrators. The goal of the Integrity Committee is to address the issues surrounding academic integrity and the challenges in establishing a school-wide culture of integrity. The committee meets once a month, generally on the third Thursday, at 4 p.m….
Board of education candidate forum
The CHCCS PTA Council and League of Women Voters are sponsoring a Board of Education Candidate Forum on Oct. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The forum will be televised on Time Warner Cablevision Channel 18. The public may submit questions in…
County, school leaders talk budget, capital plans
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The biggest budget story of next year has already started, and without much surprise. The construction in the Northside neighborhood of Elementary School 11 by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District loomed large over next year’s finances, as county and school officials sat down Tuesday night to look over this…
Meeting roundup
The bulk of last Thursday’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board of Education meeting was devoted to Superintendent Neil Pedersen presenting his evaluation of the district’s 2008-09 priorities. The first priority was to implement pyramids of intervention at each school. Pedersen highlighted tracking mechanisms being created, such as flags for monitoring such things as Ds and Fs…
PBS honors
Four schools in the district have been designated Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Banner Schools. Estes Hills Elementary, McDougle Middle School and Carrboro Elementary were among 65 PBS Model Banner Schools named in the state. The Positive Behavior Support is a program seeks to impact the learning environment in the schools to foster high student performance…
Teacher receives grant
Kelly Sears, a science teacher at Smith Middle School, received a $1,400 grant from Donors Choose to support a project called “Taking the Pulse of Our Local Waterways.†Sears requested the grant to support the purchase of an AP Environmental Workstation Bundle. The equipment will be used by students in Sears’ eighth-grade science classes.
Liu to represent U.S.
Caroline Liu, a seventh-grade student at Smith Middle School, has been selected as one of three team members to represent the U.S. in the World Chinese Culture Contest final. The event will be held in Chengdu, China, in October. During her stay in China, Liu also will attend a camp and the World Overseas Chinese…
School board meeting Sept. 17
The next Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board of Education meeting will be held at Chapel Hill Town Hall on Sept. 17. Three primary issues will be discussed. First is the home connection support program, which provides low-income students with district-owned loaner computers. Superintendent Neil Pedersen will spend a substantial amount of time providing board members with…
Teacher featured in book
Corey Waters, a teacher at Chapel Hill High School, has contributed a chapter in a newly released book titled Teaching Hope: Stories from The Freedom Writers Teachers and Erin Gruwell. Waters is one of two North Carolina authors contributing stories about their triumphs, struggles and anticipations in and outside the classroom regarding their students’ various…
Smith receives grant from CVS/Caremark
The Smith Middle School Peer Buddy Society has received a $3,000 grant from CVS Community Cares Program. The Peer Buddy Society provides opportunities for students with and without disabilities to participate in after-school activities. It meets twice monthly and students participate in various activities, which in the past have included art projects, pizza parties and…