The weekly SoDu Week in Review is a free newsletter available to all Southpoint Access subscribers. This week: City Council approves a plan for redeveloping Northgate Mall, but it's got no real teeth. And violent crime is down in Durham, but juveniles are committing violence more often.
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All students have shifted to remote learning on Friday. Packets went home with elementary school students, while middle and high school students can check for work on Canvas.
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A daily, hyper-local word/phrase challenge pulled from recent Southpoint Access coverage.
Food Lion and Target also offer competitive totals, while Fresh Market remains nearly $43 higher for the same items. This week’s SoDu Shopping Basket shows slight price drops across most stores.
The committee meets Thursday, Dec. 4. On deck: a Private Zones protocol for handling immigration-related visits, a community-submitted rewrite of Policy 5120 on law enforcement in schools, and a new draft to allow naloxone in schools.