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Rob Weldon Principal, E.K. Powe Elementary Rob Weldon has been selected as the next principal of E.K. Powe Elementary School. Weldon’s career with Durham Public Schools spa...

Dear Durham Public Schools Families and Staff, As part of our ongoing Dollars & Decisions series—our commitment to transparency and community understanding around school distric...

Beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, Durham Public Schools will implement an Annual Technology Fee to help maintain, repair, and replace student devices, as well as su...

Stay on top of every school event without flipping through paper calendars. Our digital iCal versions of the Durham Public Schools Traditional, Year-Round, and Comprehensive Inno...

📘 The 2025-26 Back to School Guide is Here! We’re excited to welcome students and families to a brand-new school year at Durham Public Schools! 🎒 Our Back to School Guide h...

Attention families who have students starting kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year! DPS has some important information you need to know to get your child properly enrolled an...

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education has approved central services leadership appointments for the 2025-26 school year. Kenneth Barnes Chief Operating Officer Ke...

Durham Public Schools (DPS) has officially opened enrollment for new students entering the 2025–2026 school year. If you're a parent or guardian who submitted an Intent to Enroll...

Jordan High School alumna Kara (pronounced Carr-a) Brothers has fond and lasting memories of being a student in the Durham Public Schools. Those memories, coupled with her own sen...

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The Durham Public School Class of 2025 has earned $72,233,439.83 in scholarships this year– $4,883,157.97 more than last year’s award total. Southern School of Energy and Sustain...

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

Joshua Suiter, 2018 graduate of the historic Hillside High School, says his loving but firm fifth grade Pearsontown Elementary Schools teacher, now Dr. Tawauna Stewart, set the to...

Rogers-Herr Middle School has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Forest at Duke to enhance student learning across all subjects using key digital educational resources and tech...

Across Durham Public Schools, graduation caps are being decorated, final projects turned in, and big decisions made about what comes next. For the Class of 2025, this moment is m...

W.G. Pearson Elementary School is one of 220 schools from 38 states across the country to receive a $5,000 grant through the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries . W.G. ...

Ingrid Whitaker Principal, Hope Valley Elementary Ingrid Whitaker has been named principal at Hope Valley Elementary School, effective July 1, 2025. She succeeds Jed Miller ...

Karell Francis Senior, Durham School of the Arts Karell Francis says one of the most important life lessons he has learned is “how to fulfill the responsibilities placed upon me...

Meet our May Alumni of the Month: Priscilla Garrett! A proud graduate of Durham Public Schools—Hillandale Elementary, Brogden Middle, and Durham School of the Arts—Priscilla now ...

The 2025-26 Durham Public Schools Budget Proposal was approved by the DPS Board of Education on April 24 and has been submitted to the Durham County Commissioners for their consi...