#DPSCommunity | DPS Board of Education Budget Hearing | 3/5/26

Durham Public Schools Board of Education · March 6, 2026

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Opening and moment of silence

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Chair Olmstead opened the budget hearing, welcomed attendees and asked for a moment of silence to recognize a recent DPS graduate (a state trooper) and a Durham School of Technology teacher and spouse who died recently.

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Durham Public Schools held a budget hearing where the CFO reviewed Phase 1 of the superintendent's recommended budget (including a request for roughly $16 million in current expenses and $3.7 million in capital) and many classified employees, therapists and library staff urged higher pay, corrected payrolls and continued library funding.

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