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Students, parents and alumni plead with Durham school board to keep School for Creative Studies high school open
Summary
Scores of students, parents, alumni and community members urged the Durham Public Schools Board of Education to reverse a plan to end the high‑school program at the School for Creative Studies, saying the small, year‑round arts school provides vital supports and continuity.
More than two dozen students, parents and alumni of the School for Creative Studies urged the Durham Public Schools Board on Thursday to reverse a plan to end the high‑school program, saying the proposal would dissolve long‑standing mentorships, erase career pathways and harm vulnerable students.
"Our school is shutting down the high school section," Abigail Hedgepeth, a junior and student‑council vice president at the School for Creative Studies, told the board during the public‑comment period. "I couldn't imagine myself at any other school. I couldn't imagine any other relationship to have formed the way it did here at creative studies."
Speakers described the school as uniquely supportive,…
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