Durham Public Schools' Board of Education advanced its most ambitious redesign in years on May 18, approving a comprehensive plan to reshape middle and high school boundaries and programs while confronting a growing crisis in special education services and after-school care.
The district presented the Growing Together Secondary Plan, a four-year overhaul that reorganizes schools into five regions, creates new specialized programs like dual language immersion and Montessori tracks, and aims to shorten student commutes by more than a mile for over 5,000 families. The plan emerged from extensive community engagement, with more than 1,000 families participating in sessions and 3,189 survey responses. The board will vote on the full proposal in June.
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