DAE Asks Durham School Board to Delay Budget Vote, Announces “Practice Pickets”

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Good morning, readers.

Last week, I broke the news that the Durham school board had abruptly adopted a meet and confer policy that the Durham Association of Educators hadn’t approved.

On Monday, the DAE sat down with three DPS board members to try to work through the DAE’s nine biggest priorities in this year’s ongoing budget discussions, their first meeting since the surprise vote.

It wasn’t quite a “Kumabaya” moment where workers and board members joined hands and used the power of friendship to vanquish the legislative foes of public education in Raleigh and D.C. 

But, especially in the aftermath of last week’s dramatic vote (catch up on that here), it was still a polite and productive opportunity for board members to learn directly from workers about their most urgent needs and concerns.

The DAE’s biggest ask, though—to potentially delay approval of the district’s budget request altogether—went unmet. And just last night, the majority union announced “practice pickets and walk-ins” today at 28 sites. 

Read more about the picketing plans, DAE’s recent demands (and the board members’ reluctance) below. 

And have a good Wednesday. 

 —Chase

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Durham

The federal government is ending a $330,000 grant for the Pauli Murray Center, saying it “no longer serves the interest of the United States,” INDY’s Sarah Edwards reports.

Wake

Raleigh City Council approved a rezoning request allowing the Carolina Hurricanes to move forward with a $1 billion redevelopment of 80 acres around the Lenovo Center, WRAL reports. 

Orange

Student groups at UNC are providing legal services in the wake of six graduate students’ visas being revoked by the federal government, The Daily Tar Heel reports.

North Carolina

NC Newsline has a breakdown of the 850 state positions the Senate’s budget proposal would cut.

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