The Durham school board’s New Year’s resolution? Get kids to school. At a special meeting on Monday, the board discussed two new strategies to tackle…
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The Durham school system is asking parents of its 18,813 school bus riders to transport their children to and from school one day per week…
Move over sloppy joes, there’s a new lunchroom superstar in Durham Public Schools: the vegan “chicken” nugget. DPS students are devouring the soy protein-based item…
Durham Public Schools broke ground for the new campus of Durham School of the Arts on Friday morning. Under a rainbow balloon arch against an…
“Who’s not going to their job this morning?” It’s a question Jane Dornemann has asked one too many times. Dornemann, mother of a Durham School…
On Sept. 17, Brittany Thomas received a text message from a distressed teacher at Merrick-Moore Elementary School. The air conditioning had broken down at Merrick-Moore,…
After months of advocacy, the Durham Association of Educators is a big step closer to securing a seat at the table with the Durham school…
The Durham school board unanimously approved employee pay rates for the current school year Thursday, but not before hearing staff complaints on a familiar theme…
Parents calling Durham Public Schools’ transportation services department recently with questions about their child’s school bus may have trouble getting through. Why? Ten members of…
The Durham school board forged ahead with its plan to build a new Durham School of the Arts despite months of community debate. At a…