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Board moves to make May 16 an optional teacher work day after hours of public comment
Summary
After extended public comment from teachers, students and parents urging support for a May 16 rally in Raleigh, the Chapel Hill‑Carrboro school board entertained and moved a motion to declare May 16 an optional teacher work day; staff outlined logistical impacts including testing and childcare concerns.
The Chapel Hill‑Carrboro City Schools Board of Education considered a motion to designate May 16 an optional teacher work day after more than an hour of public testimony from teachers, union leaders, parents and students pressing the board to support educator advocacy at the state capitol.
The motion — recorded in the transcript as moved by Pat Bailey and seconded by Joe Brown — followed repeated pleas from speakers that the district allow teachers to participate in advocacy day activities. Sally Merriman, representing the Chapel Hill‑Carrboro Association of Educators, told the board: “We need you … to make that day an optional work day for teachers.” Diane Jackson, president of the Chapel Hill…
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