Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools cuts, reassigns 80 roles 'effective immediately'
HURT. THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>> AS FAMILIES GET BACK INTO
THE SWING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CITY
SCHOOLS HAS CUT DOZENS OF
POSITIONS AND REASSIGNED MANY
EMPLOYEES. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
SAYS THE POSITIONS WERE CUT DUE
TO BUDGET ISSUES EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY. WRAL'S CHRIS, HEY,
ABOUT LOOKS INTO HOW THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT OFTEN RANKED AS ONE OF
THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY HAS
LOST HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND
THE FUNDING THAT COMES WITH
THEM.
>> THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC
ON CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CITY
SCHOOLS STILL BEING FELT YEARS
LATER. WE ARE FACING SOME
BUDGET ISSUES THAT RELATE TO
ENROLLMENT.
>> NOT BEING WHAT IT WAS PRE
COVID. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS
ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED FROM
12,000 TO AROUND 11,000
STUDENTS. THE RESULT LESS PER
PUPIL FUNDING WILL INCREASE
PRIVATE AND HOMESCHOOL
ENROLLMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
IMPACTING SEE HCCS IS LOWER
NUMBERS. AT LEAST ONE CHARTER
SCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTED AN INCREASE OF 155
STUDENTS THIS YEAR OVER LAST
CHC C S AS ONE CAUSE OF REDUCED
ENROLLMENT IS FEWER YOUNG
FAMILIES MOVING TO THE AREA FOR
THE PAST 2 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN
TELLING THE STORY TO OUR
COMMUNITY THAT WILL NEED TO
MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
AND THAT DAY HAS COME THE
AFFECTED 80 POSITIONS INCLUDE
24 CENTRAL OFFICE ROLES.
AND 57 INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
AND NON CORE TEACHING ROLES
ANYONE CENTRALLY WHO IS
IMPACTED WAS OFFERED POSITIONS
THAT WERE TAKEN SWEAR IN THE
SCHOOL. SO RATHER THAN HIRING
SOMEONE NEW FROM OUTSIDE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST.
>> OFFERED 2 IMPACTED
PERSONNEL. THE DISTRICT RELIED
IN PART ON A RAINY DAY FUND
FUELED BY COMMUNITY DONATIONS
TO HELP FUND THE POSITIONS FOR
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
>> BUT NOW THOSE EXTRA FUNDS
ARE GONE. WE CAN OPERATE THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT'S NOT
THE ISSUE WITH THE ISSUE IS IS
NEEDING TO BUILD IT BACK UP SO
THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR FUTURE
EMERGENCIES.
>> GRAY'S HEY, BUT WRAL NEWS.
>> THE DISTRICT SAYS THE
BIGGEST ENROLLMENT DROP IS
BEING SEEN ACROSS YOUNGER
GRADES AND SAYS THE DECLINE