We are strong advocates for a school bond because many of the schools across our district are not only beyond their useful life spans, but are educationally inadequate. In the 1950s and 1960s–when many of our schools were built–they were not designed to house exceptional children classrooms, small group classrooms, speech or occupational therapist offices, […]
Posted inAdvisory Boards, Carrboro, Carrboro Town Council
Live blog: Carrboro Town Council meeting 6/4/24 – bees, OWASA, PFAS, Budget, Survey results
Looking forward to live-blogging the Carrboro Town Council meeting tonight. (Full agenda packet here.) We’re getting our first look at the full proposed budget – which will go live on digital at midnight, like a Taylor Swift album – and an update from OWASA. (Full disclosure: I’m the vice chair of the OWASA board and […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
CHCCS School Board Chair George Griffin addresses the school bond rumors
George Griffin chairs the school board and he publishes a newsletter about the agenda items and decisions at each meeting. (It’s worth a subscription if, like us, you’re into the deep inner workings of the public school system. You can find other electeds with newsletters in our guide on this topic.) He just put out […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council
The Legion Property pond will become a new wetland
We have some news on the status of the pond on the American Legion property: the Town recommends that it be turned into a constructed wetland, which would look something like this: Wetlands are nice. They serve as wildlife habitats, protect water quality, and help prevent floods and erosion. In the engineering report about the […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Connectivity, Events around town
Triangle Blog Blog is hosting a parade to celebrate the new sidewalks and bike lane on Estes Drive
There are few things we like more than celebrating bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, and other improvements along Estes Drive, along with wider sidewalks along MLK Blvd., crosswalks at the Estes/MLK intersection, and turn lanes at that intersection. So we’re throwing a parade to celebrate the end of the Estes Drive Connectivity Project, which started two […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Holding hostage a rare opportunity to support our chronically underfunded schools.
A few days ago I wrote about a report and slide deck released by the school district regarding plans to address two critical issues facing our schools: outdated buildings in need of major repairs, and our declining elementary school population. In the proposed slide deck, the district outlined one way that these issues could be […]