Board of Education Adopts Transportation Plan with Family Responsibility Zones & Express Bus Stops

The DPS Board of Education authorized a new transportation plan. Click to view details.

DPS to Extend Rotational Bus Service, Board to Discuss New Options on December 19

Click to read more about the extension.

DPS Rotational Bus Service

Beginning Dec. 2 through Jan. 17, DPS will implement rotational bus service to address ongoing driver shortage. Click for more details and the rotational schedule.

DPS Names New School and Central Office Leaders

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education has approved recommendations for school and central services leadership positions.  

December DPS Alumni of the Month: Sonie Guseh Osagie

Sonie moved to Durham in the fourth grade and attended Parkwood Elementary School, Lowe’s Grove Middle School, and Jordan High School. She is now the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Focus Features, part of NBCUniversal. Click to read more!

Durham Public Schools Welcomes New Principal and Leader of Building Services

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education names Brandon Hodges as Principal of Southern School of Energy and Sustainability. Micheál P. Lynch joins DPS as Senior Executive Director for Building Services.

Student of the Month | December 2024 | Shaimey Castro Romero

Congratulations to our December 2024 #WeAreDPS Student of the Month, Shaimey Castro Romero, a Durham Performance Learning Center junior.

Professional Songstress Encores In and Out of the Classroom

Jordan High School graduate Adia Ledbetter (class of 1996) remembers having to meet high expectations while she was a student striving for graduation. In addition to her academic disciplines, she was a singer whose high school music teachers saw something in her that she didn’t really know she had.