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The Durham Public Schools Board of Education debates new salary schedules for teachers and classified staff, balancing urgency around raises with a push toward a higher living wage and future review in committee, then turns to overcrowding at Lyons Farm Elementary by approving modular classrooms and tying them to forthcoming boundary discussions.

The Durham Planning Commission weighs dense new apartments at Alexan Farrington and a 50‑townhome project off Randall Road, wrestling with school capacity, traffic safety, environmental impacts, affordability, and neighborhood connectivity. Both Farrington Road cases ultimately move forward to the City Council with favorable recommendations.

The Durham County Board of Commissioners fields resident concerns about a data center moratorium, honors civil rights trailblazer Dr. Virginia Williams, and advances plans for a new animal shelter and ambulance purchases. The board and partners from Durham Tech, NCCU, and Durham Public Schools detail what AbbVie’s Project Glass investment means for local jobs, tax revenue, and homegrown talent before approving a performance agreement and navigating a consent agenda recusal.

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education hears certified election results, administers oaths centered on equitable opportunities for all students, and selects new board leadership. Members then debate committee appointments, add a July meeting to address salary schedules for year‑round educators, and set interim liaison roles ahead of an August work session.

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education marks several departing members with reflections on justice, equity policies, student-centered leadership, and the role of local journalism, while wrestling with how to guide future decisions on school right-sizing and a new meet-and-confer labor policy without boxing in the next board.