CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) A retired Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teacher is hoping to receive the life-sustaining gift of a kidney donation this Christmas. There s so much more I want to do in this life, said Karen Reid, who retired from teaching at Morris Grove Elementary School in 2011. I have a granddaughter I d like to see grow up.
The week before Christmas, with the help and encouragement of friends and family, Reid publicly shared a letter looking for a donor who would be willing to help save her life. It took a lot of prayer because I wanted to make sure I say the right thing, said Reid, who spent months crafting the letter and doing her research on how to make such an important request. It s just humbling to have to ask somebody for a piece of them. And I ve always been a person who liked to help and give and now I m on the other end and I need help and it s just kind of hard to ask.
Neighborhood Support Circles Help Refugee Students Through Remote Learning
Courtesy of Refugee Community Project
Itâs no secret that the pandemic has made everyoneâs life harder. But remote learning presented a set of compounding challenges for refugee parents of school-aged children this year.
San Da Win, a Karen refugee and mother to a kindergartener and preschooler, says that her older childâs teacher came to the house with an iPad in the spring. The teacher tried to explain, in English and sign language, how to use it for remote learning, and gave her an instruction sheetâalso in English.
Posted December 15, 2020 10:09 a.m. EST
Chapel Hill, N.C. A Chapel Hill middle school teacher was arrested and charged with a sex offense, the school district confirms.
Frederick Feely, 52, of Raleigh, was charged in November with second-degree forcible sexual offense.
A spokesperson from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools said Feely is an exceptional children s resource teacher at McDougle Middle School. He has taught in the district since 2017.
Feely has been suspended with pay pending investigation, officials said.
McDougle Middle School Principal Robert Bales alerted families through a voicemail message and said, to his knowledge, the charge does not involve a student or staff member.