Durham Public Schools Board of Education member Matt Sears, the parent of a Lakewood student, said the decision was the right one because the process for selecting schools for the ISD is faulty.
Leigh Bordley, member of
Durham Public Schools Board of Ed, spoke as a parent, asking that the bill strengthen the language regarding transportation.
Minnie Forte - Brown, vice-chair of
Durham Public Schools Board of Education, spoke passionately against the bill.
The lack of local control is one key reason why advocates such as Natalie Beyer, a member of
the Durham Public Schools Board of Education, says the state should at least require that the leaders of public charters be residents of North Carolina.
Not exact matches
A program of the
Durham Workforce Development
Board, the program is administered by the City of
Durham Office of Economic and Workforce Development and is a partnership between the City,
Durham County,
Durham Public Schools,
Durham Technical Community College, and Made in
Durham.
With so many teachers taking a personal day, it will be difficult for
Durham Public Schools to open, but
School board Chairman Mike Lee said it's not impossible.
Natalie Beyer has three children in the
public schools in
Durham NC, where she was recently elected to the
school board.
It's also uncertain whether any
schools will need to close as teachers flock to Raleigh, although Mike Lee, school board chair for Durham Public Schools, acknowledged it's a possibility with many Durham teachers filing for their personal day next
schools will need to close as teachers flock to Raleigh, although Mike Lee,
school board chair for
Durham Public Schools, acknowledged it's a possibility with many Durham teachers filing for their personal day next
Schools, acknowledged it's a possibility with many
Durham teachers filing for their personal day next month.
Durham Public Schools officials, including Superintendent Pascal Mubenga (left, back to camera), discuss issues with Restart participation with DPS
Board of Education members including Matt Sears (center, white shirt) and staff members at a DPS school board work session Thur
Board of Education members including Matt Sears (center, white shirt) and staff members at a DPS
school board work session Thur
board work session Thursday.
«As parents we believe that every child deserves an excellent
public education,» said Natalie Beyer, a member of the Board of Education in Durham, North Carolina and a founder of the advocacy group Public Schoo
public education,» said Natalie Beyer, a member of the
Board of Education in
Durham, North Carolina and a founder of the advocacy group
Public Schoo
Public Schools NC.
The
Durham school board on Thursday, April 26, directed the district's administration to develop a plan in anticipation of
schools being closed May 16 so teachers can travel to Raleigh to advocate for
public education on the General Assembly's opening day.
«We will not allow this to define what our
public schools are about,» said Mike Lee, chairman of the
Durham Board of Education.
Meanwhile, Lee, with the
Durham school board, said state lawmakers have badly under - funded
public schools in the last decade, shortchanging local districts on classroom supplies, teaching assistants and teacher pay.