New high school principals named

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board named new principals for Chapel Hill High and East Chapel Hill High Thursday night.

Jesse Dingle, a current staff member at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, will head Chapel Hill High School. Before joining the DPI as director of talent management and development, he served as a principal, assistant principal and teacher in various schools in Wake County.

Dingle holds a bachelor's degree in education from Appalachian State University, a master's degree in school administration from UNC and a doctorate in education administration from N.C. State University.

Eileen Tully, principal of Phillips Middle School, was named principal of East Chapel Hill High School. Tully joined the district in 2004 as the principal of Phillips. Before moving to North Carolina, Tully served as an assistant principal of two middle schools in Roanoke, Va., and as the program coordinator of an International Baccalaureate Program.

Tully holds a bachelor's degree in education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master's degree in school administration from the University of Virginia.

Dingle and Tully will assume their new responsibilities on July 1. Dingle replaces Jacqueline Ellis, who left the district in March to join the Durham Public Schools. Tully replaces Dave Thaden, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.

The board also approved the hiring of a new executive director of Exceptional Education and Student Services. Lorraine Detrude is currently the director of Exceptional Education Children Services for the Chatham County Schools. Detrude replaces Margaret Blackwell, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

HILLSBOROUGH

Public art proposals on display at library

You can now view site-specific proposals by the four finalists for the Orange County Library Public Art Project.

The proposed projects by the four finalists -- Leah Foushee and Michael Waller, Gary Gresko, Charles Pilkey, and Wayne Trapp -- will be on display for public comment through June 2 in the lobby of the current Orange County Public Library, 300 W. Tryon St. in Hillsborough.

The Orange County Library Public Art Committee selected the four finalists from 14 North Carolina artist submissions. The recommendation of this committee will go to the county commissioners for final approval.

The selected artwork will be sited near the entrance to the new Orange County Public Library being built facing Margaret Lane in downtown Hillsborough.

The $10,000 budget for this public art commission comes from both public and private sources. The project is sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission and the Friends of the Orange County Library.

Preservation prizes to be awarded Friday

The Hillsborough Historic District Commission will present its annual Preservation Awards during the Last Fridays event downtown.

Mayor Tom Stevens will present four awards on behalf of the commission around 6 p.m. May 29 in front of the Old Orange County Courthouse.

The Historic District encompasses more than two centuries of architectural resources, including representative examples of the many architectural styles that reflect the broad time frame.

The first Preservation Awards were given in 1992. This year's award categories include restoration and addition of a contributing structure; renovation of a contributing structure; addition to a non-contributing house; and new construction of outbuildings.

Contributing structures, constructed prior to 1939, have been identified in the historic inventory as contributing to the character of Hillsborough's historic district. Non-contributing structures were built after 1939 or have lost much of their original exterior fabric, making them non-contributing to the district's character.

The Historic District design guidelines apply equally to contributing and non-contributing structures. Tax credits may be available for restoration work on contributing structures.

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