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DPS: No Mid-Year Express Bus Stops

This decision comes in the wake of feedback in a district survey that made it clear many parents - and some students - opposed the concept.

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[SoDu How-To] Entering the 2025 Durham Public Schools Magnet Lottery

Magnet schools, developed to battle desegregation efforts decades ago, provide specialized curriculum with the goal of diversifying the student population.

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Durham School Transportation Plans May Be Clearer This Week

The DPS transportation team worked through the holiday break to develop plans for family responsibility zones – areas around 21 Durham elementary schools where, by default, parents now would be expected to either drive their children to school or allow them to walk or ride a bicycle.

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[SoDu Alert] Durham Schools Delay Again on Jan. 7

Temperatures dropping into the 20s overnight could freeze puddles and cause dangerous road conditions around Durham.

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Durham Public Schools: Menus for Jan. 6-10, 2025

Breakfast and lunch are free for all DPS students this year. Menus are subject to change without notice.

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Durham Public Schools Delayed on Jan. 6

Before-school programs also are operating on a two-hour delay. The district asked that employees designated as essential personnel during inclement weather should report to work "as directed by their supervisor."

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[Updated 1/3/25] Durham School Board Shifts Transportation Meeting

Family responsibility zones are expected to take effect on Jan. 21, after students return from the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. It remains to be seen when express stops might go into operation.

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Hope Valley Elementary Parents Planning for Responsibility Zones

The family responsibility zones are proposed for 21 elementary schools in Durham to help reduce demand for the school district’s understaffed transportation department.

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Durham Schools Moving Forward with Responsibility Zones, Express Stops

Family responsibility zones, which could go into effect on Jan. 22, call for families at some DPS elementary schools to find other ways besides the big yellow bus for children to get back and forth from home and school.

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DPS Reports 100% Route Coverage Under Rotational Plan

The rotational plan, which calls for families to provide their own school transportation at least once a week, has resulted in 100% coverage of DPS routes between Dec. 2-13, according to transportation officials.

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Affordable Housing Proposed on Fayetteville Street

The pre-submittal summary includes staff recommendations for extensive engagement with the neighborhood and Durham Public Schools.

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Durham Public Schools: Menus for Dec. 16-20

Breakfast and lunch are free for all DPS students this year. Menus are subject to change without notice. Year-round schools are out for winter break this week. Traditional schools have early release on Dec. 20.