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Durham Teachers Get Raise | Durham News
Durham Public Schools staff are getting a much-needed pay boost—new salary schedules raise the minimum wage to $18.22/hour, retroactive to July 1, with full-time classified workers seeing monthly pay over $3,000. A progressive pay model ensures newer hires get bigger raises while veterans aren’t left behind, following a long-awaited state budget approval that brings 3% state-funded increases. But advocates argue it’s still not enough—pushing for $22/hour minimum and $25 by 2025—and note the new wage still falls short of the district’s own living wage policy. Some board members opposed the…
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