“On behalf of CHCCS, I apologize,” Superintendent Rodney Trice wrote in an August 28 Facebook post. “This should be an exciting and welcoming start to the school year, and for some of our families, we’ve failed to create that environment.”
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CHAPEL HILL –Earlier this month, state superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green visited Chapel Hill High School to discuss the new North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) plan aimed at making North Carolina’s public schools the best in the nation by 2030.
CHAPEL HILL — As the University of North Carolina’s fall semester moves closer to Thanksgiving break, several noteworthy developments emerged this week. The university has hired a new permanent executive vice chancellor and provost, who will begin in spring 2026. Meanwhile, the UNC Board of Trustees has approved a tuition increase for in-state students attending UNC-Chapel Hill.
On the morning of Thursday, October 30, a collection of students, teachers, administrators, and local officials made their way to the site of the new Carolina Achieve Charter School at 6920 West Ten Road in Mebane for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was organized by the Hillsborough-Orange County Chamber of Commerce.
CHAPEL HILL – In 1925, Chapel Hill School’s physical facilities were valued at $150,000, up from $4,500 18 years earlier. The 1925 school’s net value included “spacious” playgrounds, modern school furniture, a modern cafeteria, science laboratories and a PE building under construction.
People at all income levels should be able to access good-quality childcare. That’s the belief that’s kept Carrboro’s Community School for People Under Six (CSPU6) going for the past 55 years, Director Anna Mercer-McLean says.
Robinhood Money Drills® is launching at four new campuses this fall, expanding financial education courses to students at the University of Delaware, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania State University, and Stanford University.
CHAPEL HILL–On Wednesday, Oct. 1, a large group of over 100 professors, students, and supporters in favor of reinstating a UNC-Chapel Hill professor recently placed on administrative leave gathered on the Chapel Hill campus to express their concerns.
Orange County Schools students achieved continued and dramatic academic improvement in 2024–2025, according to data presented Wednesday, September 3, to the North Carolina State Board of Education.
CHAPEL HILL – Carrboro and Chapel Hill students have been back in school since last week, even though the school district doesn’t have an approved 2025-26 budget. With the state budget in limbo, local school budgets are as well.
Orange County schools will resume on August 25, and there are still opportunities to donate much-needed school supplies.
Starting Monday, July 21, 2025, Helena Thomas, the principal of Carrboro High School, will transition to a new position within the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Instructional Services Division.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education is proud to announce the unanimous appointment of Dr. Rodney N. Trice as the next Superintendent of CHCCS.
The federal government has restored the visas of six international students from the University of North Carolina (UNC), the University announced Monday.
The federal government has revoked the visas of six international students from the University of North Carolina (UNC), a fact confirmed by the university earlier this month.
Superintendent Nyah D. Hamlett, Ed.D., announced today that she will be leaving Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools, effective at the end of the current school year (June 30).
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) score highly in key academic areas in the 2023-24 school performance data.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) have completed the latest phase of the central-office staff reconfiguration to meet a roughly $5 million budget deficit.
To meet a large budget deficit, the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) decided this week to cut 24 full-time central office positions, effective immediately.
Whether it’s crayons, hand sanitizer bottles, or glue, the Carrboro Elementary School PTA wants every student to start in the fall knowing they have the school supplies they need.
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) has announced the recipients of the 2024 DeJoy-Woś Scholarships.
Multiple states across the U.S. have worked toward tightening their policies on phone use in schools in recent years, but students and faculty in North Carolina have mixed reactions.
On June 6, the Board of Education approved the administration’s recommendation to adopt a 4×4 Block Schedule (with daily flex) starting with the 2025-26 school year.
The one item generating the most controversy concerns high school scheduling for the 2025 – 2026 school year.
Roxana Rojas of Seawell Elementary was named the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Teacher of the Year at its annual Recognition Celebration on May 9.
Teams from Carrboro High School and East Chapel Hill High School competed in the world championship tournament April 17 through 20 in Houston.
Robotics teams from Carrboro High School and East Chapel Hill High School will compete in Houston’s world championship tournament from April 17 through April 20.
Student robotics teams from Carrboro High School, East Chapel Hill High School, and Chapel Hill High School placed first, second, and third.
Would you be interested if your child’s school offered a tutoring program where 99 percent of the students who participate stay enrolled?
At the November 2 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting, Dr. Steven Sullivan was appointed the new principal of Chapel Hill High School.
Scarlett Steinert is the first woman recognized in the Women’s Leadership Spotlight of this school year.
Getting students to and from school for the first two weeks of the year has gone well for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools.