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[SoDu How-To] Get Back to School for 2025-26 – Part 5: Health, Special Education, and Mental Wellness in DPS
Support features like this with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Academic success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Students bring their whole selves to school – their health, emotions, learning needs, languages, talents, and identities. Durham Public Schools recognizes this, and has built a system of supports to meet students where they are. In Part…
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[SoDu How-To] Best Ways to Set Boundaries for Tech with Kids?
In today’s connected world, raising kids with smartphones is a high-stakes balancing act. Whether you’re navigating your child’s first device, debating dinner-table rules, or wondering how much tech is too much – you’re not alone. I’ve rounded up some articles exploring how families around the world are rethinking screen time, social media, and smartphone boundaries.…
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Wolfspeed Secures $192M in Tax Refunds, Reaffirms Fiscal Outlook
Wolfspeed, a Durham-based leader in silicon carbide technology, has received $192.1 million in cash tax refunds through the federal advanced manufacturing tax credit under Section 48D. The refund includes $186.5 million owed for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, along with accrued interest. This refund is part of the approximately $1 billion in total Section 48D…
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[SoDu How-To] Non-Food Alternatives for Halloween Treats
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! Halloween is just around the corner, and for many families, it’s an exciting time filled with costumes, decorations, and—of course—treats. But while candy is often the star of the show, it’s…
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[Election 2024] U.S. Senate Voting Again on IVF Protection
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press The U.S. Senate will vote for the second time this year on legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization — Democrats’ latest election-year attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women’s health issues. The bill, which the Senate will vote on Tuesday, has…
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Getting Over the Hump in Durham
Originally published by Lucas Thomae, Carolina Public Press on Aug. 14, 2024 As other municipalities across North Carolina are updating their traffic safety efforts to reflect current best practices, some Durham residents are concerned their city is falling behind in permitting speed humps or other options. The Bull City boasts on its website that in…
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Growing Nervous About Growing Together?
Our 5-year-old daughter, Athena, is currently a kindergartener at year-round Pearsontown Elementary School. Her brother, John Michael, is in fifth grade at Pearsontown. Next year, he’s off to year-round Rogers-Herr Middle School. Without that sibling connection, Athena won’t be eligible to attend first grade at Pearsontown in 2024-2025. Under the rezoning plan developed by Durham…
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