Durham Public Schools will meet with educators today over the
dispute that has been going on for months.
After several callouts, protests and demands for fair pay, district leaders now believe they are headed in a better direction.
They say they are hoping a deal could be reached by as early as next week.
On Wednesday new interim
spoke with the media for the first time and said this is definitely a temporary role but is ready to get DPS back on track.
She says the larger pay issue isn’t something other districts haven’t seen and hopes they can reach a longer-term solution so the district doesn’t hit a breaking point again.
There are also a lot of questions with the $300.000 pay out to former Superintendent Mubenga and the almost equivalent $25,000 a month she is making and how this will impact the budget and outcome.
“And so I think the dollars are there, that’s a discussion with the board, and you know we arrived at something that was doable and commensurate with what the previous superintendent was doing, and so I think that would be expected.,” Moore said.