Complaint Review: Durham Public Schools

This review is concerning the public schools in Durham, North Carolina and was compiled by substitute teachers. The schools on this list have the most unprofessional, untrained teachers and principals whose reputations among substitute teachers is pure mud.

From ridiculing, picking verbal arguments, ignoring, snubbing, embarassing, and slandering; these Durham so-called educators have demonstrated the most unprofessional, unacceptable, demeaning behavior towards the very people who make it possible for them to leave their classroom for any length of time. The list of schools where substitute teachers will accept assignments is short and typically located in poor neighborhoods.

The vast majority of the bad schools are run by black females who are ruining the public school system in Durham. The lack of accountability for student behavior is disgraceful. It is easier to blame the substitute who was only at the school for one day or half day, and used as a scapegoat in order to avoid backlash from dangerous, verbally abusive, ghetto parents of bad students. Blame it on the "sub" with whom the bad students only interacted for a few hours, not the principals' lack of effective training and interpersonal skills.

If you are a current substitute teacher, you may already know about these schools. However, if you are contemplating working as a substitute teacher in Durham, take heed. In this day of Covid, it is not worth risking your health and life. Even if the pay were a $1,000 a day, your dignity and self respect are priceless.

List of Durham public schools to avoid: (not in alphabetical order)

Elementary Schools 

Fayetteville Street - racist teachers who verbally abuse students, unsupportive/unaccountable principal

RN Harris Magnet - racist teachers

Oak Grove - teachers, principal unsupportive to substitutes

CC Spaulding - unprofessional teachers who pick fights with substitutes

Burton Magnet 

Parkwood 

Eastway - staff demeaning to substitutes

Y.E. Smith Museum School

W.G. Pearson Magnet - racist teachers

Lakewood (racist, only want white substitutes)

Whitted School (racist, only want white substitutes)

Middle Schools

Rogers-Herr - unprofessional, unsupportive, unaccountable teachers and principals

This list is growing, so check back regularly to see if a school in which you have an interest is on the list. If you know of a school that should be on this list but is not, please reply to this review with the name of the school. You may also include a reason why the school is bad (e.g., bad students, unprofessional/unsupportive teachers, principals, office staff).