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Staff said the district and county have discussed whether an outside project-management firm should assist with school replacement projects and that the county appears “not moving in that direction” but is exploring communication structures to bring district and county staff together. District staff also said the county manager's office is expected to recommend the CIP as submitted to the county commissioners next month.

At public comment, Carrie Hamill asked that any interlocal agreement or collaboration mechanism include more public-facing detail about how both voted (bond) debt and nonvoted (PAYGO) money are spent. \"Right now I am not able with any confidence to know where this money is spent,\" Hamill said, and she urged more transparent figures from both school districts.

Why it matters: The CIP governs the timing and funding of major facilities projects, including school replacements funded by voter-approved bond dollars. Public expectations about how bond and PAYGO funds are tracked and reported influenced the discussion.

Staff said they will return to the board with proposals for an intergovernmental communications structure and any recommended contract actions associated with facilities work. The district plans further community engagement as projects move from planning to execution.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education Work Session April 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","District staff presented the capital improvement plan (CIP) and said county staff are likely to recommend the district's attachments unchanged. A public speaker urged the interlocal agreement to include clearer public reporting of bond and PAYGO expenditures.","taxTitle","Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, School Districts, North Carolina","taxId",14084,"location","North Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6052626,"Board debates local operating budget priorities; continuation need roughly $3.3M, expansion requests push total request to about $10.3M",369,9152000,9521000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7&start=9152&end=9521","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7/thumbnail_9152000.jpg","/articles/6052626/North-Carolina/Board-debates-local-operating-budget-priorities-continuation-need-roughly-33M-expansion-requests-push-total-request-to-about-103M","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6052626-51f9b7589b8e681437063ac18bcf938c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174586&Signature=QKRhXsWwiOXuak~LhXi-l6pJiaTfnQrll-IV8ngEo1ewYM9jsbCpggflGp5wbSLYdusEwWEc1YgWVHcTzYTWB-tZNKyPId59ooZGn7Z2DqIBYtaHmQKIW93cMq0McEllZs7NIBKr17No3SlJsBxBykAsVmXuZD6ZKrvwnUbYgj0ikD746isFS6oUH21y1lc~h0ZtvOzncbqn8nqa~vEGUFoOnKKiGiw0OEG89q7AtW-AikX24ScArRQ-e7wqTmvYjofArfA~~6CCtSWNCZHyIh2zlHxrJPUeOCgiWneHmVpIEgMyEutLMHFIFiZQAfvdBeT6b18sKUVYHWgJl1XL7g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools finance staff presented the Board of Education with the district's recommended local operating budget request and a list of expansion items the board could add to its submission to the Board of County Commissioners.

District finance staff projected a continuation need of just under $3.3 million, driven by a 3% assumed increase for personnel and benefits and other cost pressures. The superintendent's recommended expansion package included three main items: (1) an increase in the classified employer contribution/supplement (estimated at $725,000); (2) reinstatement of master's-degree pay for teachers who had previously been ineligible; and (3) a curriculum reserve fund. The superintendent's expansion request totaled just under $4.4 million, bringing the superintendent's combined continuation-plus-expansion request to about $7.6 million.

Following board discussion, several board members asked to add further items to the board's request to county commissioners, including a 2-percentage-point bump in certified supplements for early-career teachers (raising the beginning supplement from 18% to 20%), reinstatement of 11 elementary teaching assistant positions, reinstatement of 11 district instructional technology facilitator (ITF) positions, and restoring months of employment for counselors reduced in prior years. Those additions would increase the potential expansion total by roughly $2.7 million and raise the board's total request to about $10.3 million.

Why it matters: The board's budget request is the document county commissioners use to decide local appropriations to the school district. The scope and prioritization of expansion items signal the board's values and affect negotiations with county leadership.

District finance lead Mr. Scott reviewed the enrollment projection used for county funding: 11,147 students, a decline of 93 from the previous year. He also warned that state-level budget activity could change cost assumptions; staff prepared the continuation figures using current best estimates and cautioned the General Assembly's actions during the long session may alter the district's needs.

Board members expressed differing priorities. One member said the top priority should be increasing staff pay as a signal of respect and to address retention. Others urged including reinstatements of support positions (TAs, ITFs) and counselor-month restorations because those roles directly support classroom instruction and student needs. Staff asked the board to provide a rank order for expansion items so the district could produce a final recommendation for the county; several board members indicated they wished to keep the expansion package as drafted and to finalize their preference at next week's meeting.

No formal vote on the budget request was taken; the board is scheduled to revisit and adopt the recommended budget next week before sending it to county commissioners.","District staff presented a continuation budget estimate of about $3.3 million and an initial expansion package of roughly $4.4 million. Board members debated priorities — increasing staff pay, reinstating positions reduced in prior years and creating a curriculum reserve — and signaled they will finalize a recommended request at the next meeting.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6052631,"Board reviews attendance data and approves first reading of compulsory attendance policy",1158,6896000,8054000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7&start=6896&end=8054","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7/thumbnail_6896000.jpg","/articles/6052631/North-Carolina/Board-reviews-attendance-data-and-approves-first-reading-of-compulsory-attendance-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6052631-9c3d3848a11d61fbeb156dd47ec7f04d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174586&Signature=kO0623G4Bti4QNE-NM58wr9Tv2Zvl4IgIVsciG~plaaCde2BfRoYMZ3HeWHAv2-dHgh-KEmN6O0HuovbMxqWEemGxgU7ZAFI~Pw1mdHb2dprSfQT0r6ezQMKqbyZ9RUXyuoKU0XxjvlUDELqYZb1ojovh2WR2rS4RP1d4DcMDJ~CV2HDk0Wyf1nFZNTJvxuIJMK3Re-WCv5RFXdxo3ywLSshrEMW4JTBTTj5CZVu-90uq8zFo~9gjme68XzjF6aJ41WjAR1mKB-XP5dEJtDVfVJyt63MqoUSVBT1MBM~xrKONBdr8ZmRYvh2KI6HJnzq8ltXuDe6XHsqKddmYUzmyg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education received a district attendance report and approved the first reading of Policy 4.410, Enforcement of the Compulsory Attendance Law.

District staff presented attendance data covering August through February showing a 7.9 percentage-point increase in satisfactory attendance districtwide compared with two years prior, with elementary gains strongest. Staff also reviewed severe absence trends (students missing 20% or more of school days) and said the district has taken multiple steps to reduce chronic and severe absences, including attendance focus groups, school attendance teams, teacher outreach scripts in multiple languages, attendance contracts and a pilot program for home visits.

“Schools do have attendance plans designed to improve attendance,” a district staff presenter said during the briefing, describing changes such as linking some high school incentives (parking, athletics and exam exemptions) to attendance and aligning attendance initiatives across high schools.

The staff recommended several changes to align district policy with recent state revisions and to remove punitive language. Among the notable policy edits presented were clarifying unexcused tardy-to-absence conversions, formalizing mailing of the 3-, 6- and 10-day notices to families, identifying school social workers as attendance points-of-contact, and removing language that would impose out-of-school consequences for truancy and tardiness. Staff explained the edits were intended to comport with state law while reducing punitive discipline for attendance issues.

At the end of the discussion the board voted to approve Policy 4.410 for first reading as amended. The motion passed unanimously. Board members discussed retaining flexibility for in-school interventions at the building level but removing out-of-school suspension or expulsions as consequences applied solely for tardiness or truancy.

Why it matters: Attendance is a district priority tied to academic outcomes and state reporting. The board’s action moves the policy into the formal revision process while signaling a preference for supportive, rather than punitive, responses to attendance problems.

Board members asked for continued attention to groups with lower gains — multilingual learners and students with disabilities — and for monthly data reporting by school. Staff said monthly pivot tables are already shared with schools and that targeted supports will continue for groups with higher rates of severe absence.

The policy will return for subsequent board consideration following the first-reading approval.","After a presentation showing improvements in overall attendance, the board approved first reading of Policy 4.410, Enforcement of the Compulsory Attendance Law, with staff amendments and a focus on non-punitive approaches for tardiness and truancy.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6052636,"Chapel Hill-Carrboro board adopts 2026–27 school calendar; notes possible state change",718,6124000,6842000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7&start=6124&end=6842","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3394689-983c575e6a3c7c4357001a4e4a1944e7/thumbnail_6124000.jpg","/articles/6052636/North-Carolina/Chapel-Hill-Carrboro-board-adopts-202627-school-calendar-notes-possible-state-change","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6052636-44b8d38a742a1f16ad6330185af466d9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174586&Signature=gkZrWkdlRg8u5HC71a7nRLzNXJHsGaHPmM3fob8AI9RLVliZEm6kxpIC9oW3m5FW36H01g-lmaqQbFm0p7CNTX2n~Lk9JnwquwVEmEytu9zMa0R~QUTt1KFM8lRuOKCmjyGxPg-Plhrh5VwDS26x8PemuIFymnVErsr5jFWfZB0HS9ezRCuPMOwxaD68-a7oTMoRVLj1bTmS5QkDo9AFeo5Wg2zQ7ALjXccpVCQC8IiwKED3wzti8L2TnJCVXtRTbBl7FCbe7N42fbgmDB1gz2miIuZB4bGnaPvMtIPxsZF1Jzwc00FcDtY~KcQd91DURi32vYc9cahkP3V-ejMlHQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the district calendar for the 2026–27 school year at its April meeting.

The calendar approved Tuesday shifts the start of the second quarter, balances the two semesters at 87 days each and removes two previously scheduled elementary half days. The board also removed a Rosh Hashanah observance on Sept. 11 from the fall schedule and added an April 22 observance to coincide with the first full day of Passover. Dr. Stewart, who led the calendar committee, briefed the board on stakeholder feedback and legal constraints.

The calendar committee began work in November and solicited input from PTA groups, school staff and the public. “CACS is an hours district,” Dr. Stewart told the board, describing state requirements the district follows for minimum instructional hours, teacher workdays and holidays, and noting the committee’s aim to make professional learning (PL) days meaningful for classroom practice. He said the draft removes most midweek PL days for students and adds a teacher workday in May to prepare for testing.

Why it matters: The board’s action sets the district schedule families and staff will use to plan vacations, hiring and program delivery for next school year. Board members and staff emphasized the need to retain flexibility if the General Assembly changes calendar rules.

Board members asked about Senate Bill 754, a measure under consideration in Raleigh that would let districts begin earlier in August and end in late May under some circumstances. Dr. Stewart told the board the district currently complies with state calendar law — which prescribes that school begin the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and end on the Friday closest to June 11 — and said staff can reconvene the calendar committee if the legislature acts. “We would definitely not lock out the opportunity to come back and revisit this even if the board approves tonight,” he said.

The motion to approve the recommended calendar for traditional schools for 2026–27 passed unanimously. The board chair said staff may bring future calendar changes back on the consent agenda if statutory requirements or community needs change.

Board members and the union representative who spoke during public comment both praised the committee process. Brian Lankan, introduced himself as president of the Chapel Hill Carver Association of Educators and said the union supports the calendar presented and asked the district to publish a transparent accounting of inclement-weather asynchronous/synchronous day designations going forward so families can plan.

The district will publish the approved calendar and continue to monitor state action that could prompt revisions.","The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the district calendar for 2026–27, adopting changes to quarter balance and observance dates while noting a pending state bill that could allow future adjustments.","actionData","errors"]

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