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More About That Bill That Would Make Durham Public Schools A Landlord

Posted on February 12, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

In a previous article, I went through a bill (HB 31) filed by Durham legislators that would essentially make Durham Public Schools a landlord. In that article, I mentioned that Durham had other options than to try this through legislation. Here’s why. Continue reading →

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Durham Legislators File Bill To Let Durham Public Schools Become A Landlord

Posted on February 11, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

Legislators from Durham filed a bill last week that would let Durham Public Schools become a landlord – for their own teachers.
Isn’t that like funding one’s own paycheck via rent to your boss? How is that going to work? Continue reading →

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Durham School Board Member and Black Lives Matter Activist Resigns

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported by this site, the Durham county school board was considering changing their meeting attendance policies in order to accommodate members choosing to engage in activist events over board meetings.

One member in particular, Sendolo Diaminah, had missed 9 of the last 16 meetings. Sendolo was elected in 2014 and claimed at the time he was running because he wanted to ‘represent the community’.

Diaminah, who self describes as a “black, queer communist”, was apparently not representing the community as a member of the board, but instead was too busy traveling and being involved in Black Lives Matter protests.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Durham School Board Considers Changes to Meeting Policies to Accommodate BLM Activist

Posted on August 1, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The Durham county school board has apparently considered changing its meeting attendance policies in order to accommodate members choosing to engage in activist events over board meetings.
The Center for Digital Ed’s report reiterated Wake County School Board ‘making history’ with the “remote participation in board meetings”. The Center for Digital Ed’s article continued, noting that the Durham school board also had members who participate in meetings remotely, but “they do so without the benefit of such a board policy.” and that “Durham board members utilize the state’s Open Meetings Law,”.

One of the main reasons Durham appears to be considering official policy changes with regards to meetings is over the lack of attendance by member Sendolo Diaminah. Continue reading →

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Durham Public Schools Passes Policy Adding ‘Gender Identity’ To Language [Updated]

Posted on April 29, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported on this blog, the Durham Public Schools board met yesterday afternoon. One of the topics on their agenda was adding ‘gender identity’ to their anti bullying policy number (4000).

The board passed it. Continue reading →

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Durham Public Schools To Discuss Adding “Gender Identity” At April 28 Meeting

Posted on April 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On April 14th, I wrote about Durham Public Schools intending to add “gender identity” to the district’s policies in their upcoming meeting on April 28th.

More details are now available.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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