All schools will be closed to students.The city schools’ Spring Break, originally scheduled for April 6-9, will run Thursday, March 19, through Friday, March 27. The board will also discuss the district’s response to the coronavirus at its work session at 5 p.m. Thursday, at the Fuller Building, 511 Cleveland St.The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, with about 12,000 students, had already canceled out-of-state domestic field trips and international trips, as well as prohibited international guests in the schools. Our DPS May 2020 Student of the Month is Christopher Holliday from C.E. Clean and disinfect surfaces.©2020 The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)Visit The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) at Like us on Facebook to see similar storiesPlease give an overall site rating: Meanwhile, the Orange County Schools, with abut 7,500 students, has suspended artistic events, indoor athletics, Listen & Learn sessions, district field trips and staff conferences and professional development workshopsCommunity groups, including those that have reserved space, will not be able to use school facilities.The state Department of Health and Human Services has not recommended closing schools or child care centers, Felder said. This is the second Durham school to close due to high numbers of illnesses within a … Durham Public Schools announced Friday it has made the decision to close beginning on Monday. Durham Public Schools said Thursday night that it also will close to students starting Monday. Durham Public Schools will be closing Hillside High, New Tech High and W. G. Pearson Elementary Schools today, Jan. 28, because of continued power outages after a traffic accident. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.? “While the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is not recommending pre-emptive closure of schools and childcare centers at this time, we believe this decision is in the best interest of our families, students and staff.”Earlier Thursday, Durham Public Schools announced it is canceling all student and employee out-of-state travel, as well as all in-state and overnight student field trips.The Durham district, with about 32,000 students, is following N.C. High School Athletic Association guidelines on whether to hold athletic events, and is continuing field trips inside the district and in-state staff travel, including for teacher recruitment, according to a news release.Events expected to draw over 200 people, including “An Evening of Entertainment” planned for March 19 at the Durham Performing Arts Center and “Matilda the Musical” at Hillside High School, have been canceled, the release stated.On Wednesday the DPS Board of Education authorized Superintendent Pascal Mubenga to enter into expedited contracts over $90,000 without board approval for responses to COVID-19.
Cafeteria staff are cleaning tables with sanitizer before and after students have breakfast and lunch, and before new groups of students enter the cafeteria.Spring break for Orange County students is just a few weeks away. Comments (-1) DPS Child Care Interest Survey. Durham Public Schools is the third North Carolina school district to announce it will close its schools to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the district announced Thursday night.Durham said it will close schools March 16 and provide more details Friday at Earlier Thursday, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the Orange County Schools announced major calendar changes Thursday in response to the coronavirus emergency, with students set to learn from home.Both Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro will hold teacher workdays Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16-18; the workdays will be optional for city schools teachers.