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The Durham Association of Educators, dissatisfied with the rate of cooperation from the Durham Public Schools administration, is scheduling a protest Wednesday and currently expects 11 schools to be so short on teachers and staff. The district announced Tuesday night that all those affected schools will be closed Jan. 31.
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The classified pay situation in Durham Public Schools might be the topic of a Board of Education special meeting planned for Friday at 3 p.m. It’s scheduled at the administration building on Cleveland Street in downtown Durham. In an email to district families Tuesday night ahead of planned
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Miss Piggy, a pot-bellied pig who’s been a fixture at Durham’s Museum of Life and Science since 2009, has passed away after 15 years. According to the museum’s blog: “After a recent decline in her health and well-being, we made the responsible decision to euthanize her on
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It’s not entirely clear why at least 25 school buses weren’t available for their routes in Durham Public Schools on Monday, except that officials described it as the result of a staffing shortage. The district announced throughout the day on Monday that more than two dozen buses wouldn’
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Michelle Burton, a career educator and former president of the Durham Association of Educators, was born in Chicago to a family with strong union ties – her grandfather was in the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, the nation’s first all-Black union – and leadership in racial and social justice. Burton,
Health Inspection Reports
On occasion, Southpoint Access will gather information from Durham County’s Public Health Department to get a snapshot of how facilities in this region are scoring on their inspections. In this report, we delve into recent reports on restaurants in the 27713 zipcode. TL;DR Version: Top scores (100/100)
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Columns
Junction 54, an occasional podcast/column by Southpoint Access Editor and Publisher Wes Platt, is available to Dear Reader-level subscribers:Text of the Audio File:Every couple of days, I post on Threads, urging people to check out the ultra-local news on Southpoint Access.Once, this yielded a snarky (but
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The good news: Classified staff at Durham Public Schools won’t have to return any money to the district for what some administration officials have termed an “overpayment.” The Board of Education on Thursday night voted to move $4.5 million from the local fund account to cover paychecks for
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The Durham Public Schools Board of Education already had a closed session toward the end of its agenda for tonight’s monthly meeting. But earlier this week, DPS officials added a new closed session ahead of the regular meeting, scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. while the Durham
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The most dramatic topic of Thursday’s Durham Public Schools Board of Education meeting may be the recent classified pay situation, but the consent agenda also includes some items of interest for DPS families, including repairs and renovations proposed with North Carolina Education Lottery funds and a proposal to hire
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Classified employees working for Durham Public Schools will keep their increased pay rate through January, according to Bettina Umstead, chair of the DPS Board of Education. So they won’t have pay clawed back by the district for October through December, and they keep that rate through January. It remains