Durham School Board Votes to Send Students Back to School Courtesy of Durham Public Schools Last night, the Durham school board voted to send students back to school in person in March and April but some county leaders aren't happy about it.  In an emergency meeting, the board voted 5-2 to implement school administrators' plan to bring students back for in-person learning beginning next month, a move, Durham Public Schools said in a press release, that comes "in light of Senate Bill 37," the bill that would mandate all schools in the state reopen for in-person learning. "We have heard from families who want to remain in remote learning and others who want to return to classrooms," said Dr. Pascal Mubenga, DPS superintendent. "We are now able to provide both of those options."