Requests shared with DPS School Board members: EPiC’s Black Parent Leaders shared feedback and follow up with the District following our workshop. Check out the video. (Public comments begin at 32 minutes) Below, is the written request to our school board members for accountability. Academic success has also been a prioritization for parents and guardians […]

Supported by Durham Public Schools Deputy Superintendent, Director of Equity Affairs, and Director of Advanced Academics; two school Principals; a Black Male honors/AP teacher; a Durham Associate of Education equity-minded school counselor: two Black honors/AP high school students; and a North Carolina Central University honor student; along with six education vendors and nearly 100 attendees, […]

In December 2018, Rev. Dr. Fathimah Salleh, a mother with children in Durham Public Schools shared her heart when she released an open letter to Durham Public Schools about what she experienced in her son’s In-School Suspension (ISS). It brought light the following: A continued problem of the over-suspension of Black and Brown students. The […]