Governor Roy Cooper announced Executive Order 195 which eases some pandemic restrictions and lifts North Carolina’s modified stay at home order earlier this week.
“Given the significant and sustained improvement in our COVID-19 metrics,” said Cooper, “today I am announcing that we will ease but not lift restrictions in several areas with a new executive order that will go into effect this Friday, February 26.”
The move is one of the first shifts from restrictions set in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. As it goes into effect Friday, here’s what North Carolinians need to know about the new order and how it affects our community.
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CHCCS Names Lisa Kaylie As New School Board Member Via Coin Flip
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education approved the appointment of Lisa Kaylie to its ranks on Thursday.
The board chose from 12 applicants to the vacant seat, with Kaylie winning in a coin flip against candidate Carmen Huerta-Bapat. The coin flip method was selected after three straight rounds of 3-3 tied vote between board members.
The CHCCS board approved of using a coin flip method with a 4-2 vote, choosing the method instead of voting a fourth round or tabling the measure. The four board members who voted for the coin toss method, Jillian La Serna, Ashton Powell, Rani Dasi and Deon Temne, said they felt comfortable doing the process due to the quality of both candidates to serve, as well as the continuing split decision between the board.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Food For Students program has served more than one million meals to children in the community since the pandemic began.
Since mid-March, the expanded program, formerly known as Food For The Summer, has utilized USDA funds, private donations and community volunteer support to provide local students with meals every day.
After their meal distribution in December, Food For Students had served more than 900,000 meals. Now, 11 months into the pandemic, the program has hit its biggest milestone yet.
“I think what that million mark means for all of us that have been at this is that we never gave up and we’re not stopping,” said Liz Cartano, the Director of Dining for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.