Student Isolation, School Closures, and Equity
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education hears from a former homebound student about isolation and inclusion, caregivers fighting to keep Glenwood open for its Chinese dual-language community, and Sewell families pressing for a fair and transparent school-closure process. Board members also weigh outsourcing custodial work, question per-pupil funding formulas, and probe how trailer classrooms shape future closure and redistricting decisions. 21mins
Was this helpful?
Original Meeting
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
15863.55
Board of Education Regular Meeting | Budget Hearing - Mar 19, 2026
The Carrborean
Carrboro, NC, USA
In This Video
-
A Carver High School student who had been on homebound instruction described feeling isolated and excluded from school life under the current homebound system and urged the board to review policies so homebound students could access mental health support, AP classes, extracurriculars, and peer connections, including through a new peer-led “Home Unbound” club.
-
-
-
-
Board members questioned the equity and practical impacts of shifting custodial work to contracted services, and Dr. Stewart explained that current benefit-eligible staff would retain their benefits, vendors could be required to offer benefits to new hires, mixed teams would function under school supervision, and the three-year contract would be reevaluated based on cost and effectiveness.
-
-
Board members discussed how removing portable classroom cabins would reduce official capacity, and a facilities staff member explained that trailers were still needed at secondary schools but could potentially be minimized at some elementary schools, with detailed capacity tradeoffs to be provided for future closure and redistricting decisions.
More from this government
Nearby governments