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The Durham Public Schools Board of Education is set to meet in closed session on Monday at 8 a.m. to review the compensation schedule calculation issue that has left classified district employees worried about retracted raises and possible clawbacks. The meeting is closed so the board can discuss personnel
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A rocky week for Durham Public Schools student transportation is wrapping up, with the district reporting that 60 out of 150 school bus drivers called out on Friday. But it’s still up in the air what next week might hold in store. “We have no directive currently regarding Monday’
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Parents of Durham Public Schools students can expect continued shortages of bus drivers on Friday, and the district is asking once again for parents to manage drop off and pick up. At least 50 bus drivers have called out this week in the aftermath of the district’s decision to
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Durham Public Schools is expected to remain short dozens of school bus drivers on Thursday. Parents who dealt with a two-hour morning delay on Wednesday due to cold weather found themselves needing to pick up their children after school because about 50 school bus drivers called out. It’s not
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Durham students in the coming years will make new inroads into the City of Medicine. An early college program for Durham high school students considering careers in healthcare is getting a boost through a $29.5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The money will fund a partnership between Durham Public
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Don’t be in too much of a hurry to take to South Durham’s roads on Wednesday morning, with temperatures dipping down into the teens: Our public school students are operating on a two-hour delay. For the second time in as many weeks, weather is prompting Durham Public Schools
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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