If Skip Gibbs had his way, there would be no Durham Public Schools assignment plan. His daughter is in seventh grade at Lowe’s Grove Middle School.
“I don’t know If she will keep those friends long because they might get split up. Ultimately, it should be left up to the people who pay the bills and provide for those kids,” said Gibbs. “Choice has been overlooked a lot by DPS.”
What I want every parent to hear is no one is doing this intentionally to disrupt your life or your children’s lives.
Durham Public Schools is planning for the secondary implementation of its Growing Together assignment plan ahead of next fall. The new policies will apply to incoming sixth- and ninth-grade students. District leaders told ABC11 that not one student will be forced to move from a school they are already attending.
“What I want every parent to hear is no one is doing this intentionally to disrupt your life or your children’s lives,” said Durham Public Schools Magnet Program Specialist Dr. Rita Rathbone.