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On Monday during its meeting, the Orange County Schools Board of Education approved a contract with Engaging Schools, authorized a consulting contract for the district’s after-school program and heard updates from about the $40 million Capital and Construction projects that OCS is undertaking. The board also unanimously voted to approve ...
Water Quality Issues Persist in CHCCS Buildings Students are back in the classrooms at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, but the district is still contending with water quality issues that arose from last year’s extended closure. In a message to staff and families on Monday, CHCCS Assistant Superintendent Patrick Abele said officials are still detecting copper and lead in some water samples taken from the schools. For that reason, Abele said CHCCS schools will keep providing bottled water to staff and students for the rest of the school year, and using only bottled water for food preparati...