Durham Public Schools will spend $84,000 to $85,000 hiring a paid facilitator for a new LGBTQIA+ task force, despite board concerns about budget constraints and task force membership criteria.
Durham Public Schools' proposed $734 million budget requests $4.1 million for a classified staff salary study after employees testified about earning $15-16 hourly while working second jobs.
Durham Public Schools unanimously opposed North Carolina House Bill 187, which would ban teaching about systemic racism, slavery, Jim Crow laws, and gender discrimination in schools.
Student-athletes and parents demanded immediate funding to repair Hillside High School's deteriorating track, which athletes say is causing preventable injuries including stress fractures and shin splints.
Durham schools' Gaggle surveillance software risks illegally outing LGBTQ+ students, raising privacy concerns as the board considers pausing the program before June renewal.
Durham Public Schools will spend $366,800 on commercial kitchen appliances after fire marshals ordered the removal of personal microwaves and refrigerators, a decision more than 30 staff members opposed during public comment.
Durham Public Schools' Board of Education voted 5-1 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 delayed a vote on a major elementary reassignment plan after 40-plus families opposed the proposal, citing concerns about bus rides, teacher transfers, and broken enrollment promises.