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Board of Education · Regular Meeting · May 18, 2023
AI Summary
Durham Public Schools advanced a sweeping four-year plan to reshape middle and high school boundaries and programs while grappling with a special education services crisis.
Board approved Growing Together Secondary Plan, a four-year redesign reorganizing schools into five regions and creating specialized programs like dual language immersion for over 5,000 families, with a final vote scheduled for June.
Board voted 6-1 to discontinue Gaggle student monitoring software costing $440,000 annually despite Joy Harrell Goff's warning that it flagged 21 suicide risk cases and 18 self-harm incidents in 100 days.
Special education crisis exposed as board member Natalie Beyer demanded explicit equity goals for exceptional children students facing teacher shortages and unmet legal service entitlements.
Additional video segments
This meeting was published as multiple videos. The primary recording is above; the additional segments are linked below.
