Citing a lack of transparency about staffing, the Durham Association of Educators wants the board to hold off on approving its county budget request. In their first meeting after a surprise vote adopting a meet and confer policy, board members declined.
Chase Pellegrini de Paur
Chase Pellegrini de Paur is a reporter for INDY, covering politics, education, and the delightful characters who make the Triangle special. He joined the staff in 2023 and previously wrote for The Ninth Street Journal.
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Durham School Board Approves State’s First Meet and Confer Policy
In a surprise vote, the school board approved a policy giving educators input on district decisions. Ironically, the Durham Association of Educators was left out of finalizing it, prompting DAE members to storm out after the vote.
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“I Feel Honestly a Little Bit Ashamed”: Durham Legislators Answer to Some of Their Youngest Constituents
During a Bring Your Legislator to School Day at a Durham elementary school, students and teachers voiced some of the same concerns about school funding and safety.
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Seven Questions about the Durham Public Schools Budget
How may federal funding cuts impact Durham Public Schools? What’s up with that $7 million shortfall? A tuba costs how much?!
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How One Durham Resident Is Finding Community through Solo Roadside Political Protests
Software engineer Rebecca Murphey was tired of waiting for Democrats to organize against Trump. So she started protesting by herself on a Durham street corner—and found connection to others in the process.
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Durham Public Schools Won’t Expand Express Stops Next Year
DPS officials are opting not to add additional express stops next year, saying it would unnecessarily “add another variable” to an already complicated process of reconfiguring district transportation.
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In A Contentious Meeting, Durham Association of Educators Pushes for Meet and Confer Policy
Sitting across from DAE representatives, Durham Public Schools superintendent Anthony Lewis pointed to the same sticking points they’ve haggled over since December—the legality of a proposed meet and confer agreement and rules around whom he is allowed to bring to the meeting table.
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“A Civic Down Payment”: Officials, Advocates Celebrate Opening of Carrboro Library
Decades in the making, the Carrboro library opens amid national cuts to education and library funding.
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Some CHCCS Educators Reassigned or Told Contracts Won’t Be Renewed
The district says 17 staffers have been assigned to new roles due to enrollment figures while 14 others have either been told their contracts won’t be renewed, or are still waiting to learn their fate. In an open letter, CHCCS staff say the district has ‘downplayed’ the staffing changes.
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Chapel Hill Taking ‘First Step’ Toward Redeveloping Coal Ash Site
The Chapel Hill Town Council approved a brownfields agreement limiting how the town’s old police HQ property can be redeveloped. Whether it will remove toxic coal ash at the site is yet to be determined.