Durham Public Schools is a national model for great partnerships with businesses and corporations
- Durham Public Schools is a national model for great partnerships with businesses and corporations.
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials visited DPS recently to learn more about how our partnerships work so effectively.
- State and local business support also continues to strengthen.
Durham Public Schools is very fortunate to have great partnerships with major businesses and corporations in our area. Three events held here in mid-February showed that level of support on the local, state and national levels.
Superintendent Carl Harris and members of the DPS team met with The Durham Regional Association of Realtors. The Realtors and DPS collaborate each year to host an information session so realtors can learn all they need to know about our schools.
Members of the North Carolina Business Committee for Education chose the Josephine D. Clement Early College High School to host their February. Tricia Willoughby, the organization’s executive director, and Howard Lee – newly named Executive Director of the Education Cabinet – were among the guests.
Early College students and alumni served on a panel to answer questions about the innovative school. And Principal Kendra O’Neal Williams and her staff offered an overview and a tour of the school.
Visitors from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attended Superintendent Carl Harris’ most recent Business Advisory Council meeting. The Chamber’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce officials wanted a first hand view of the great things going on with our businesses and schools.
The national education leaders said they were impressed with presentations from principals of the Josephine D. Clement Early College High School and Hillside New Tech High School.
The Durham community won the ICW’s first annual Community Competitiveness Award in 2007. The award acknowledges a city whose initiatives have promoted public and private sector cooperation and contributed to education and workforce development.
