Durham Public Schools' Board of Education voted to approve the Growing Together redistricting plan, which will reassign up to 6,000 elementary students to geographically-based schools starting fall 2024.
Durham Public Schools board unanimously approved the Growing Together redistricting plan on January 19, despite three board members requesting delays due to rushed timeline and major communication failures that excluded Spanish-speaking and communities of color.
Club Boulevard's nationally recognized Humanities magnet program serving 400 students will be dismantled and replaced with a 24-seat Dual Language Immersion track, displacing 50-75 percent of students and eliminating enrichment programs.
Little River K-8's transition to a K-5 Montessori school requires 96 of 127 staff members to retrain during school hours without pay, raising teacher burnout and turnover concerns.