I’m writing because in the past two weeks, a committee formed by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district released a comprehensive recommendation for all dual-language programs in the district.
Category: Opinion
LETTER: UNC tent rule impacts demonstration
On Tuesday morning we were threatened with arrest while sitting in the Pit, a common gathering area at the heart of UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.
LETTER: Lack of representation in dual-language report

Last month Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools released a report recommending the “phasing out†of the school district’s highly regarded Mandarin dual-language program.
LETTER: Keep FPG a neighborhood school
I am writing on behalf of the Frank Porter Graham elementary school community – a richly diverse school with more than 50 years of history.
BIG CITY: In your hands
Very shortly, you’ll be able to head out to one of five early-voting spots in Orange County and do your civic duty.
LETTER: Grow, but maintain small-town charm
I was glad to read Dave Sidor’s good piece (“Issues with Chapel Hill 2020,†The Carrboro Citizen, 4/5/12) about flaws in the 2020 discussions now taking place in Chapel Hill-Carrboro about land-use and development.
LETTER: Opposed to Amendment One
The Chapel Hill Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is in unity in its opposition to the proposed Amendment One.
LETTER: Keep St. Philips in Germanton
I am writing to bring attention to the fact that Episcopal Diocese of Raleigh has made a decision to move St. Philips Church from its historical home in Germanton, N.C.
LETTER: Far from ‘the worst’
I’m finally filling up my new silver Prius that has been running on empty for the past 40 miles.
LETTER: A victory in fracking forums
Congratulations to all forum-participating CarrHillians! Durhamnicks! Chathamites! A preliminary public, moral victory has been won!
Opposition to Amendment One is broad and bipartisan
When the North Carolina General Assembly voted late last year – without much notice or any public testimony – to place on the May 8 ballot a constitutional amendment that would make marriage between a man and woman the only legally protected relationship in the state, the move was met with widespread outrage from civil rights groups.
BIG CITY: A look at state races
As you may have noticed from reading this series of elections-related columns, oddly shaped districts and their influence on who runs and who is elected has been a theme.
Issues with Chapel Hill 2020
During the March 26 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting a large group of citizens – representing various neighborhoods and CH2020 theme groups – related many concerns and suggestions about the ongoing Chapel Hill 2020 process.
LETTER: Charters promote competition
I was completely aghast at Christine Bischoff’s column (“Chartering Fast Track to Segregationâ€(The Carrboro Citizen, 3/22/12), and here is why: Ms. Bischoff is on a crusade to indoctrinate everyone into the cult of multiculturalism/diversity.
LETTER: Let’s vote on fracking
I attended the public hearing in Chapel Hill at which the Department of Energy and Natural Resources stated they concluded that fracking could be done safely in N.C.