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Durham Public Schools improved academic gains and took steps to make schools safer for students in keeping with the 2018-2023 strategic plan. Unfortunately, the district fell short on LatinX hiring and in the battle against out-of-school suspensions. District administrators gave their final review of the 5-year plan during the Jan.
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Public schools in Durham are now on target to receive 38 electric school buses through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Jan. 9 announced the state will receive $26.7 million in EPA grants to purchase a total of
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Durham Public Schools may upgrade their Eureka Math curriculum for kindergarten through fifth grade in the coming academic year. The Board of Education is set to discuss the new Eureka Math Squared option during a work session on Jan. 11. The current contract with the existing Eureka Math curriculum ends
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If you’re getting ready for the Durham magnet lottery (like me), we’re down to the final hours before the application period kicks off at 12 a.m. on Jan. 8. And if, like me, you’ve done this process for a few years, be aware: the application portal
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Danielle Jones, an assistant superintendent with Durham Public Schools and a U.S. Air Force veteran, has been hired as the new superintendent of Orange County Schools. Jones starts the new job on Feb. 1, 2024. At DPS, she has managed the district’s middle schools, supervising 12 principals and
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Susan Colquitt lives more than 1,800 miles from South Durham in Las Cruces, New Mexico. But the retired educator managed to brighten the holiday season for every student at Lyons Farm Elementary School this week. The school held “Scarf Day” on Dec. 12, distributing 505 hand-crocheted scarves, letters celebrating
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Asia Cunningham, principal of Pearsontown Elementary School, received a 2023 North Carolina Milken Award and $25,000 – a first for an educator in Durham Public Schools. The Milken Educator Awards have been given out since 1987, rewarding and inspiring excellence in the world of education by honoring top educators with
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Our 5-year-old daughter, Athena, is currently a kindergartener at year-round Pearsontown Elementary School. Her brother, John Michael, is in fifth grade at Pearsontown. Next year, he’s off to year-round Rogers-Herr Middle School. Without that sibling connection, Athena won’t be eligible to attend first grade at Pearsontown in 2024-2025.