(The Center Square) – Students in Durham could be required to make up school days lost to employee walkouts over an ongoing pay dispute if it’s not soon resolved, district officials said Wednesday.
Catty Moore, interim superintendent of Durham Public Schools, said at a press conference there’s currently “one or less” days left before the district will need to rework its calendar to comply with state law on minimum hours of required instruction.
“We’re not there yet, but we will be if we have additional school closures,” she said. “We will need to look at days that right now are scheduled to be student holidays, or staff holidays, and we will need to look to see whether or not those need to be student days.”
The comments follow a fourth day of canceled classes in Durham Public Schools on Monday due to transportation employees who have refused to come to work over promised pay raises the district now contends are unaffordable. The district includes the city of Durham and Durham County, serving about 32,000 students.