Durham Public Schools

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is providing virtual mental health services through a partnership with United Healthcare.

DAE has been advocating for more than a year for a formal "seat at the table" with district administrators. This week, three school board members voiced their support.

The shortfall amounts to about 1% of the district’s overall budget. DPS's new CFO says it's due to factors like charter school growth, cafeteria and utility costs, and positions that the district didn't sufficiently budget for.

In place of rotational busing, Durham Public Schools will implement family responsibility zones at 21 elementary schools. A proposal to implement express bus stops for three magnet schools will remain on hold until next school year.

The DPS school board held a special meeting Monday to discuss transportation issues and ask questions of administrative staff. The plans are not yet final, but here are some of the takeaways.

The Durham Public Schools board of education voted to reduce bus service for certain students so that the district can end rotational busing.

This month, Durham Public Schools is rotating bus service. Next, the district could create family responsibility zones and express bus stops that would alter service for about 2,000 students. District officials say they hope these steps will provide more consistent busing for students who have no other transportation.

WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer explains the immediate and longer-term plans to get students to school amid ongoing school bus driver shortage.

Durham Public Schools will begin rotating its bus service for students, because 17 buses in the district don't have a consistent driver.

Durham Public Schools’ new superintendent Anthony Lewis joined WUNC’s Education Reporter Liz Schlemmer for a conversation as he prepares to lead the district beginning in August.