Durham Public Schools unanimously approved a resolution protecting all students from immigration enforcement after ICE activity caused attendance to plummet to 70% this week.
Durham Public Schools unanimously approved a resolution protecting all students from immigration enforcement after ICE activity caused attendance to drop to 70% this week.
The district lost over 1,500 students this year, creating a 4.7 million dollar unfunded obligation to charter schools and forcing a hiring freeze pending December financial updates.
The board approved a revised cell phone policy banning phones bell-to-bell in elementary and middle school but allowing high school lunch use, with emergency access during lockdowns.