Hillsborough police, UNC Habitat to resume tutoring Jan. 23

Free tutoring sessions offered by the Hillsborough Police Department and UNC Habitat for Humanity will restart Jan. 23.
The sessions—available to youths in Orange County Schools—will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. every Monday and Tuesday at the Community Policing Substation, 501 Rainey Ave. UNC students will offer tutoring in all subjects except computers.
The Police Department and UNC Habitat began offering the free tutoring in 2008.
For more information or to register, contact Cpl. Tereasa King at (919) 732-2441, ext. 26.

Pet Pals celebrates one year expanded service

No one can deny the immediate connection between humans and dogs. Wendy Stewart, school social worker at Hillsborough Elementary School and Partnership Academy, capitalized on that bond a few years ago when she first certified her pooch, Ella, as a therapy dog and began bringing her into Partnership. This spring, Wendy's program—dubbed Pet Pals—celebrated its first year using community volunteers (instead of just Wendy's dogs). About 15 volunteers visit five different Orange County schools, watching their canines help children of various ages read and practice social behavior.

For more information, see the Wednesday, June 15, edition of the News of Orange.

school board meeting tonight

The Orange County school board is having a regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Central Office. The agenda can be found here. Superintendent Patrick Rhodes is set to lay out the district's budget situation ahead of a budget public hearing at A.L. Stanback Middle School on Monday, March 21, at 6 p.m. The school board will also be discussing SB8—which deals with charter schools—which Donna Coffey has discussed at length on her blog.

As always, I'll be live-tweeting the meeting over at @NewsofOrange. Follow along with the hashtag #ocsboe.

orange county schools board of education meeting

The agenda's up for Monday's school board meeting at the district's Central Office at 7 p.m. Some of the items on the agenda include continuing the discussion of the district's student transfer policy, a review of Exceptional Children's services and a budget work session. Wish you could be there? I'll be live tweeting the meeting on Twitter. I'm @NewsofOrange, and I'll use the hash tag #ocsboe.