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Chatham County students now have more options for their mental health needs at no cost. Since its launch in the district in late January, more than 70 students have already joined a new virtual therapy program through Daybreak Health.
Chatham County students now have more options for their mental health needs at no cost.
Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter
Colleen D'Angelo has had a monumental impact on a family's road to recovery.
A Cummings student was charged after the Jordan-Matthews High School principal was shoved down during a basketball game between the two schools.
During a basketball game at Jordan-Matthews, a fight involving a group of visiting Cummings fans ignited. Jordan-Matthews Principal April Burko stepped in and was knocked to the ground.
Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office filed five juvenile petitions Tuesday stemming from threats made against Chatham Middle School on May 14. According to deputies, the five juveniles made threats on social media against the school, saying they would commit threats of mass violence against students and teachers at the school on May 15.
Brandon Cameron and Jack Triglianos, two sophomores at the Chatham School of Science and Engineering, created an app that allows players to create their own levels.
Destinee Patterson, WRAL multimedia journalist
Jasmine Shabrika Murphy, 27, of Windsor, was charged with attempted sexual act with a student, indecent liberties with a student, extortion and cyberstalking.
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Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter
In 2020, about 80,000 people lived in Chatham County. That number could boom with the addition of three big manufacturing plants, but leaders say it is growth they have prepared for.
The Wolfspeed plant, to be located on a plot of land between Zion Church Road and Old U.S. Highway 421, proceeds a population boom that Chatham County political and school leaders have been planning for.
Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter
Chatham County School leaders arranged a webinar on Tuesday night for the community to confront racism. It's one of several steps the school district has taken after an investigation into a mock "slave auction" at one local school.
The session, which runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, will be free to the community and focused on how parents can talk with their kids about racism.
Nia Harden, WRAL reporter
Chatham County Board of Education taking a stand against racist incidents in schools. During Monday night's meeting, board members voted unanimously for new policy changes, revisions to the student code of conduct, and staffing training following reports of racist incidents in schools.
During Monday night's meeting, board members voted unanimously for new policy changes, revisions to the student code of conduct, and staffing training following reports of racist incidents in schools.
Community members are hosting a news conference on Monday night before the meeting at school board headquarters on West Street in Pittsboro.
The Chatham County School Board meets Monday evening for the first time since a mother said her son experienced a slave auction at school.
Nia Harden and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters
A Chatham County mother said her son experienced a slave auction with his classmates at J.S. Waters in Goldston last Friday.
A Chatham County mother said her son experienced a slave auction with his classmates last Friday.
It's the highest ninth grade retention in nearly two decades.
Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter
Five mobile classrooms were burned in a fire at North Chatham Elementary School.
Chatham County on Thursday became the latest Triangle school system to approve a plan for students and staff to be masked when the new school year begins.
Jodi Leese Glusco, WRAL director of digital content
