durham public schools
🚌 Absences, Buses & Emergencies - What Every DPS Parent Should Know
Our six-part Southpoint Access series, Bull City Back to School, explores the Durham Public Schools Student & Family Handbook.
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Start the Durham School Year with Confidence
Our six-part Southpoint Access series, Bull City Back to School, explores the Durham Public Schools Student & Family Handbook.
![[SoDu How-To] "Tale" of Good Citizenship?](/content/images/size/w600/2025/03/tale-of-two-cities-book-cover.jpeg)
education
[SoDu How-To] "Tale" of Good Citizenship?
The U.S. Department of Education wants citizens to rat out schools that adhere to DEI principles. Here's another way you can help. Maybe?
education
State Schools Superintendent Plans Durham Visit in April
State Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green is traveling throughout North Carolina to listen and learn from community stakeholders.
education
New STEAM-Focused Space Coming to Boxyard RTP
The site, geared toward elementary-aged children, tweens, and teens, will allow participants to work with simple materials or 3D printers and robotics to immerse themselves in maker education.
literacy
Book Harvest Celebrates "Books on Break" Grant
With 78% of children from low-income families in North Carolina not reading proficiently by the end of third grade, literacy advocates say summer reading access is more important than ever.
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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 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.
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Durham Public Schools Extends Rotational Bus Plan into January
The rotating bus schedule gives parents along certain bus routes at least one day a week where they must provide transportation for their children so the district can make more efficient use of its understaffed bus driver corps.
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DPS Magnet Lottery Opens Jan. 6
Need application assistance? Visit the Minnie Forte-Brown Staff Development Center at 2107 Hillandale Rd. on Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Durham Public Schools Adding New Principal, Building Services Chief
“It is a privilege to lead and serve a school community dedicated to excellence, inclusion, and student success," said Hodges.