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durham public schools
[SoDu We Learn DPS Governance] What Public Comment Can and Can't Do at DPS Board Meetings
How public comment works at Durham Public Schools board meetings, what residents should know before speaking, and what happens next.
Wes Platt
Neighborhood news guy for Southpoint Access!
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SoDu We Photo Galleries
[Gallery] Southpoint At A Walking Pace
A July 7 fitness walk around The Streets at Southpoint offered familiar signs, summer skies, public art, and a test of willpower near Cinnabon.
sodu daily live blog
SoDu Daily: July 8, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
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Schools
[VIDEO] Home Alone in SoDu
Neighborhood News Guy Wes Platt brings readers up to speed about the new Durham Public Schools Board of Education, Alexan Farrington, and record-setting swimmers at the Durham Summer Swim League championship.
Schools
School Supplies 2026-27: Parkwood Elementary School
From crayons and composition books to headphones and hand sanitizer, here's what students in each grade at the Durham Public Schools traditional calendar elementary will need for the 2026-27 school year.
sodu daily live blog
SoDu Daily: July 7, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
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durham public schools
[SeeGov Enhanced] Durham School Board Picks New Chair, Vice Chair
Joy Harrell Goff succeeds Bettina Umstead as chair, while returning board member Xavier Cason is elected vice chair.
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Fiction
[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 13] Notice of Misdelivery Escalation
A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.
sodu daily live blog
SoDu Daily: July 6, 2026
Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.
News
NC 54 Waterline Work Bringing July Lane Closures Near Farrington Area
Durham’s waterline replacement project is moving into tie-ins, service reconnections, and pavement restoration along parts of NC Highway 54.
News
Happy Independence Day, SoDu!
Land of the free, home of the brave, and neighborhoods of the better informed. Thanks for reading Southpoint Access!
Southpoint Access
Two Years Independent and Still Showing Up for South Durham
As Southpoint Access marks two years as a full-time project, Wes Platt asks South Durham neighbors to help the independent newsroom reach 1,000 subscribers by July 31 and raise $5,000 by Sept. 22.