Education
Wake’s school board becomes more homogeneous
Supporters say having a new nearly all Democratic Wake County school board will end partisan fighting, but critics say it could lead to dissenting opinions being ignored.
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Girl Scouts build homes for owls
The members of Girl Scout Troop 1714 in Chapel Hill recently earned their Bronze Awards, the highest achievement for Girl Scout Juniors.
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EDUCATION
Research engine in the Triangle sputters during shutdown
While most research is progressing, federal dollars fuel the research that drives this region. So when the U.S. government closes for business, people in the Triangle tend to get a little nervous. When the shutdown goes beyond a week, the jitters grow.
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EDUCATION
Column: The curious case of Jennifer Wiley Thompson
I keep thinking that Jennifer Wiley Thompson must think this is a nightmare, and eventually the alarm will go off and she will get ready to go to school and teach youngsters.
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EDUCATION
Folt to be installed as UNC-CH chancellor on Saturday
Carol L. Folt will be installed as UNC-Chapel Hill’s 11th chancellor on University Day Saturday.
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EDUCATION
Orange DA adds staff to pursue sports agents; Georgia man charged in UNC probe
Orange County's top prosecutor will deputize three special assistant district attorneys to help him navigate the uncharted waters of the state’s criminal cases against sports agents accused of providing improper benefits to UNC football players.
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EDUCATION
Wake commissioners may spread out impact of school bond tax hike
Some Wake County Commissioners say they may try to spread out a nearly 5-cent tax increase from the school bond issue over multiple years rather than raising it all at once next year.
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EDUCATION
Louisiana teen arrested for threatening Fayetteville school
A 14-year-old Louisiana boy has been booked with terrorizing after authorities say he made threats on a social media site to shoot several students at a Fayetteville, North Carolina school.
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WAKE COUNTY
Democrats expand majority on Wake County Board of Education
Democrats achieved a near-complete hold on the Wake County Board of Education in Tuesday's election. With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Democrats won three races, while Bill Fletcher, who was named to the board by Democrats, narrowly defeated fellow Republican Nancy Caggia.
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EDUCATION
Wake County voters approve $810 million bond issue for schools
Wake County voters showed their willingness Tuesday to raise their own taxes to make room for the next wave of public-school students, approving an $810 million school construction bond issue by a 15-percentage point margin.
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ELECTIONS
Sides trade barbs on Wake school bonds' effect
The always heated issue of student assignment was injected into the fight over the $810 million Wake County school construction bond issue Monday, the day before the issue goes to the polls. In addition to bonds for Wake schools, there's also a ballot item on $75 million in City of Raleigh transportation...
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