We initially saw Michael Parker West‘s Twitter thread on private school enrollment in North Carolina, and asked him to turn it into a blog post. West is an educator, institutional and community organizer, and assistant principal based in Wake County. It’s been reported that North Carolina private school enrollments are growing to levels not seen […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Entrevista: Candidato a la Junta Escolar de CHCCS Solomon Gibson III
English/Ingles Como señalamos en nuestra publicación sobre la evaluación de los candidatos a la junta escolar, hemos enviado cuestionarios a cada candidato a la junta escolar y los estamos publicando en el orden en que los recibimos. Las preguntas fueron compiladas por miembros de la Junta de Triangle Blog Blog y Bridging the Gap, así […]
Posted inOrange County, Things to do with kids
Fun Things to Do With Your Children: Canoeing the Cane Creek Reservoir
Parents in town know there are just two weeks left: two weeks until school starts. It’s also about two weeks until soccer, baseball, and other fall activities pick back up, the things that fill up our weekend calendars for us. At this point in the summer you’ve probably run through all your fun plans and […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Election 2023
Interview: Carrboro mayoral candidate Barbara Foushee
Barbara Foushee is the sole candidate running to be Mayor of Carrboro. Foushee has served on the Carrboro Town Council since 2017. Shehas also served on the Town of Carrboro’s Human Services AdvisoryBoard, the Community Home Trust Board of Directors and theOrange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors and is thecurrent chair of the […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Orange County, UNC
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is in trouble
We were horrified to see the WRAL story earlier this week that reported big budget cuts are coming to the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. We reached out to OCRCC’s board member, Anna Lynch, to learn more. Tell us a little bit about the history and services of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. OCRCC […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Link roundup, Orange County
Five Things We Didn’t Write But You Should Still Read
We’re in the doldrums of summer, but there’s been a number of great pieces published over the past few weeks that deserve your time. In Barry Yeoman’s outstanding, deeply reported piece for The Assembly, he documents how and why the Orange County Schools, the school district for everyone in Orange County who lives outside of […]