Last month, Chase Pellegrini de Paur reported that Durham Public Schools (DPS) has seen its largest enrollment drop since the COVID era, with about 1,000 fewer students than the year before. While the district doesn’t have a definitive answer for where each student went, Chase reported on some of the factors at play. Readers shared their thoughts and theories.
From Facebook user Tamara Brady:
I wonder if some of the drop might have to do with the massive lay offs, and grant reductions and closures in RTP from that doge b/s? Along with all the other defunding that’s happening. Where did all those people go?…