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CHCCS board approves central-office staff cuts, restores three student-support roles

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education · April 9, 2026
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Summary

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board approved a recommendation to reduce central-office staff to address enrollment and budget pressures but amended the plan to restore a middle-school mental-health specialist, a mental-health specialist for the district's alternative high school (Phoenix) and an autism specialist.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted to approve a central-office reduction-in-force plan on a voice vote after more than an hour of discussion and public comment.

Superintendent (Doctor Treis) proposed cutting 22 central-office positions (six currently vacant) to address multi-year declines in student membership and resulting budget shortfalls, projecting approximately $2.7 million in gross savings and an estimated $1.5–$2.0 million in net savings after reorganization costs. In presenting the recommendation he said the goal was to…

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