On June 21, 2010 the Chatham County Commissioners told me there were not enough funds to honor the employee’s pay increases promised on the PFP Agreements for the FY2008/2009 work period. During the period in question property values increased from $7….
Day: August 23, 2010
Hypocritical Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities group promotes the Major Corridor Ordinance while opposing US 64 plans
For anyone that’s interested in the US 64 proposal I strongly recommend going to the NC DOT website to view all the details about the plan, not just the talking points that Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities (CCEC) and our current Board of Co…
Pittsboro’s City Tap noise not music to all ears
Last month two articles have appeared in The Chatham Record newspaper regarding complaints that “music” being played at Pittsboro’s City Tap Bar and Restaurant is too loud. Local residents complained to Pittsboro city fathers to do something abou…
Chatham school board chairman Deb McManus presents convoluted response to the AP schedule debacle
Five weeks after asking the Chatham County Board of Education to change the school calendar so students don’t have to walk from spring break directly into Advanced Placement exams, I finally received a response from school board chair Deb McManus. Give…
North Carolina DOT considers Superstreet concept for US 64
The DOT presentation on the Superstreet concept to the planning board was complete. The timeline is twenty to thirty years for implementation of Superstreet, with long range option to change to a limited access highway, like US 421 to Greensboro. A nec…
Chatham County school drug offenses bring new consequences
In an effort to reduce the number of alcohol and other drug offenses by students, the Chatham County Board of Education has enacted more strict consequences for students who violate the Drugs and Alcohol Policy. The Drugs and Alcohol Policy was first e…
USDA releases 2010-11 policy on free and reduced-price meals
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced the 2010-11 United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) policy on free and reduced-price meals for children enrolled in the state’s public schools. The USDA’s National School Lunc…
Perhaps the NC Department of Transportation just sees Chatham as a bump in the road
I live in Chatham and work in Cary so this Route 64 Interstate project will affect me superficially for my commute. However, it affects me most deeply in what could be lost for Chatham County. This will affect you too. How will EMT/Fire gain access to …
North Carolina releases ABCs results for the 2009-2010 school year
The State Board of Education released results from its ABCs testing and accountability model on Thursday, August 5. The ABCs of Public Education is the state school improvement program. It began in the 1996-1997 school year and has three primary goals:…
Virginia Cross Elementary teachers get SMARTer about technology
A team of teachers from Virginia Cross Elementary School traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to become “SMARTer” users of their interactive white boards. Recipients of a grant from Chatham Education Foundation, the team spent a day on Tuesday, Au…