In a 5-4 vote, the school board moved to table its discussion on how to pay this month’s salaries for the district’s roughly 2,200 support staff.

Durham Public Schools has been rocked by staff sick-outs after the district announced its plans to revoke raises for some classified staff who had received them for months. The chaos is disrupting life for families across the district, but especially for students with disabilities who often rely on classified staff far more than other students.

The Durham Association of Educators says at least 75% of school employees at 12 Durham public schools called out of work Wednesday to protest recent cuts to raises for classified staff. Educators gathered at the Minnie Forte-Brown Staff Development Center on Hillandale Road in Durham on Wednesday morning to protest.

A majority of school employees at 12 schools in Durham Public Schools plan to be absent Wednesday after submitting their leave requests Tuesday afternoon. The Durham Association of Educators (DAE) says at least 75% of school employees at each of these schools are walking out to protest recent cuts to raises for classified staff.

The events will help families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) one-on-one or in small groups. The U.S. Department of Education just released a new FAFSA form, which has led to complications for some families.

In a tense meeting Thursday night, Durham Public Schools’ Board of Education approved a budget amendment that allows classified staff to continue receiving recent raises through the end of January. Earlier this month, the district informed staff their raises would end abruptly due to an accounting error.

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Hans recently spoke with WUNC's Brianna Atkinson about the chancellor search process, the challenging governance structure a chancellor faces, and how NC State chancellor Randy Woodson has avoided all the drama that seems to envelop Chapel Hill.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he's going to use his final year on the job to build a coalition to prod the Republican-led General Assembly to improve public schools. Cooper made the education announcement Tuesday at the Nash County elementary school he attended as a boy. He used the occasion to formally proclaim 2024 as "The Year of Public Schools."