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Chatham County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson visits Northwood High School last August as part of his first week of school tour.
Chatham County Schools extends universal masking amid Omicron surge
PITTSBORO — Amid higher COVID-19 cases counts following the holidays and the Omicron surge, the Chatham County Board of Education voted 3-1 to extend universal masking on all CCS campuses during … more
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Janice Giles, who was named principal of North Chatham Elementary by the CCS Board of Education on Monday.
Janice Giles named principal of North Chatham Elementary
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Schools Board of Education approved Dr. Janice Giles as the new principal of North Chatham Elementary School during its Monday mid-year retreat. Giles is in her … more
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School of the Arts for Boys Academy founder Valencia Toomer’s son, Tyson Toomer, rocking one of the school’s new shirts last February. The school is set to open in fall 2022.
SABA, new Chatham charter, opens 2022 lottery and adds 6th grade students
PITTSBORO — School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA) — a new public charter school set to open next fall — will add 6th grade students to its 3rd through 5th grade school population to … more
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In Chatham, there was a .76% increase in enrollment from last year and a 2.57% decrease from pre-pandemic, with 8,720 students recorded in Month 1.
Enrollment at CCS up from last year, but still down from before COVID
PITTSBORO — During the third school year impacted by the pandemic, student enrollment at Chatham County Schools is up slightly from 2020 but still lower than 2019 — the last “pre-pandemic” … more
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Chatham County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson visits Northwood High School in August morning as part of his first week of school tour. 'I think this first step is to get our substitutes to a place where we’re competitive there,' he said Monday of the newly approved pay rate raises, 'and then get our other employees aligned shortly.'
CCS approves substitute raises, extension of some employee bonuses
Effective Jan. 1, substitute teachers at Chatham County Schools will get a 30% daily pay raise — the raise required to satisfy the $13 per hour minimum pay rate passed in the new state budget for noncertified school employees. more
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A small protest outside of the Chatham County Schools Board of Education meeting in August, at which the board voted to mandate universal indoor masking.
CCS Board of Education extends universal masking, 4-1, looks toward optional mask policy
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education again voted 4-1 to require universal masking on all CCS campuses at its meeting Monday night — with board member David Hamm again … more
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Students in a Chatham Charter School classroom in Siler City last February.
Lotteries open now through January at Chatham’s four charter schools
Registration for Chatham County’s public charter schools is open through varying dates in January, with lottery applications available online at each school. more
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Chatham teacher group wants bonuses, pay raises for classified staff
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Association of Educators (CCAE) is asking the county’s board of education to use federal relief dollars to recruit and retain staff. A petition posted last week … more
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Tom Griffin
Chatham Charter School hires new secondary administrator
SILER CITY — Chatham Charter School has hired a new secondary grades administrator as part of its next phase of growth, the school said in a news release last week. Tom Griffin, an educator with … more
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On Nov. 24, beloved Jordan-Matthews teacher Mike Williams died in a car accident. Last Friday, students, staff and community members honored his memory at a celebration of life service.
‘You have made a difference’: J-M family celebrates the life of teacher Mike Williams
SILER CITY — Dozens of notes line the hallway of Jordan-Matthews High School honoring the life of Mike Williams — a well loved teacher who died in a car accident on Thanksgiving Day. “I … more
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1st grade students at Pittsboro Elementary School Tuesday morning.
'We’re getting there': A road map to optional masking for Chatham’s schools
Four months after the Chatham County Schools Board of Education first approved universal indoor masking on its campuses this school year, Superintendent Anthony Jackson asked the school community at … more
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Informational display for Native American Heritage Month at Chatham Middle School.
Chatham Middle teachers commemorate Native American Heritage Month
SILER CITY — At Chatham Middle School, some educators are finding ways to celebrate Native American Heritage Month by teaching students the history of the Americas’ first inhabitants through … more
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What does the average 5% teacher pay raise in budget break down to?
The first full state budget since 2017 was signed into law last Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper, and among other things, allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to increase educator compensation pay … more
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Horton Middle School Cafeteria Workers Karen Holden (left) and Mandy Cheek, who have worked together for 13 years.
Full return of CCS Thanksgiving meal signals some normalcy
PITTSBORO — George Moses Horton Middle School Cafeteria Worker Mandy Cheek credits two people with helping her through the most challenging of shifts: Jesus Christ and Bill Withers. Cheek shares … more
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Black students are 4.4 times as likely as white students to receive short-term suspensions at Chatham County Schools, according to 2019-20 discipline data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Discipline disparities at CCS highlighted by NAACP Chatham Community Branch
Black students are 4.4 times as likely as white students to receive short-term suspensions at Chatham County Schools, according to 2019-20 discipline data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. more
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Parents gathered at a "Parent's Choice 4 Masks Rally" outside of the Chatham County Schools Board of Education's specially called meeting in August.
CCS Board of Education again approves universal masking, this time 4-1
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education again voted to require universal masking on all CCS campuses at its meeting Monday night — but not unanimously this time, with board member David … more
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Students change classes in the hallway of Northwood High School last spring. This year, many students are struggiling in the middle of a third school year impacted by the pandemic.
‘It’s definitely been tough’: Students and staff alike continue to struggle during pandemic
The kids, as it turns out, are not all right. Not because they aren’t kind, or thoughtful or smart — they are — but because they’re tired, burned-out and too often struggling as they … more
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From left, Jordan-Matthews High School Principal Donna Barger, teacher Wendi Pillars, Jordan-Matthews science department members Rachel Brown and Jessica Sandel, and Central Electric Membership Corp.'s Janet Jackson.
Four CCS educators receive Bright Idea grants
PITTSBORO — Four Chatham County Schools educators have been selected as Central Electric Membership Corp.’s Bright Ideas grant recipients. Teachers from Chatham School of Science and … more
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Mobile units at North Chatham Elementary destroyed in fire
PITTSBORO — Five mobile units at North Chatham Elementary School were destroyed in a fire overnight Saturday, according to Chatham County Schools. No one was injured in the incident. The … more
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Hispanic Liaison launches a second Latinx youth group at Seaforth High School
Since its creation in late 2017, the Hispanic Liaison’s free year-round youth mentorship program, Orgullo Latinx Pride, has nearly always capped off at around 30 students at Jordan-Matthews High … more
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