If you don’t vote in person, or personally take the ballot down to the poling place, you have only yourself to blame…. ... See MoreSee Less
Hackers don't care how big or how small a government entity you are.Pittsboro, NC - On October 28, 2020, Chatham County government identified a cyber incident that resulted in its network, email and office phones being inoperable for an undetermined amount of time. ... See MoreSee Less
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Greg Stafford had plans to develop an open air dining and entertainment area at historic courthouse traffic circle in Pittsboro. ... See MoreSee Less
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Links on why we need to get kids back in school, from ed reform advocate and political liberal.
"Years from now, when we look back at the coronavirus pandemic, it is very possible that the most damaging element we will identify is its catastrophic effect upon public education. The devastation will be social and economic, permanently degrading the skill base of the workforce and robbing a generation of children, especially low-income students, of any chance to enter the middle class. And the question we will have to ask is whether the tragedy was truly necessary....The damage to the future workforce will be far worse. Students denied in-person education will suffer permanent learning loss that will degrade their skills for decades to come. One estimate by the OECD roughly pegs the long-term cost in foregone productivity to the United States at around $15 trillion. That number is obviously speculative, but it provides some sense of the economic scale of the calamity.
The social damage will not be spread evenly. The undeveloped mental potential and stunted careers will be concentrated disproportionately among low-income and minority students. One survey found four-fifths of Hispanic students, three-quarters of Black students, but only half of white students lack access to in-person learning. Affluent parents have the means to cushion the blow to their children: by working from home, having one parent quit work, forming learning pods, hiring tutors, or enrolling in private schools, which are reopening for in-person learning much faster." www.facebook.com/1142672288/posts/10223447261506699/?d=n ... See MoreSee Less
