Special Education Equity and New School Redistricting

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education reviews progress in serving exceptional children, including efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in discipline while navigating new state limits on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The board also reports improved accountability results, closes out a five-year strategic plan, and launches a more transparent redistricting process with surveys and community meetings for families. 22mins

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Thursday, October 1st, 2026
11698.617
Board of Education Work Session - Oct 01, 2026
Full Meeting on Granicus
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Elaine Ellis
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Chapel Hill/Carrboro
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In This Video
  • Board Member Tongde Wu was formally sworn in to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.
  • Superintendent Trice presented an overview of the Exceptional Children program, highlighting its vision, current student counts and demographics, and the breakdown of disability designations in the district.
  • A speaker outlined the district’s significant disproportionality status, noting progress in reducing risk ratios for Black students in discipline and intellectual disability identification and describing a multi-pronged plan focused on engagement, data review, and professional learning.
  • Superintendent Trice asked how new state limits on diversity, equity, and inclusion might affect efforts to address disproportionality for Black students, and a speaker explained that, based on guidance from DPI and federal mandates, staff would continue the work with more careful language despite the policy tension.
  • Chair Jenkins introduced a work session on the 2025–26 district accountability and strategic plan progress, and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Bob Bales summarized recent accountability results, highlighting improved school letter grades, increased growth, and proficiency gains—especially at the high school level under a new block schedule—before turning the presentation over to the Director of Reporting and Research.
  • Superintendent Trice reported that the 2027 strategic plan was being sunsetted, noting that about 68% of its goals had been met despite significant challenges over the past five years and that remaining work would carry forward into future efforts.
  • Board Member Ballew announced an upcoming Student Success committee meeting, and a speaker reported on the first Community Advisory Council on Redistricting, describing broad participation and plans for a transparent, inclusive process with extensive community input.
  • Chair Jenkins reminded the community about the ongoing redistricting process, directing families to the district website and announcing a current survey and two upcoming community meetings at local high schools.
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