With the school year underway, the Orange County Board of Commissioners recently held a joint meeting with the local school boards to hear updates from each district. The September 25 meeting included presentations from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools boards, focusing on the state budget, updates to the active bond projects, and a future interlocal agreement. The three boards also discussed potential school-related issues to collaborate on in the future. The state’s biennial budget has been delayed to at least November, and CHCCS Board Chair George Griffin explained how that funding uncertainty also means uncertainty for the local school districts. “At this critical moment in our history, it’s more important than ever that we stick together and that we support each other,” Griffin said. “We’re in a time today, literally, where the North Carolina General Assembly has not yet adopted a state budget. There’s nothing on the horizon, so every school distr...