Durham Public Schools' board of education unanimously re-elected Minnie Forte-Brown and Heidi Carter as chair and vice chair, respectively, for next year. The pair have been members of the school board since 2004.
Forte-Brown is a Durham native and Hillside graduate, who currently serves as coordinator of speech communication and an English professor at NCCU.
Sadia Latifi has been a reporter for The News & Observer since June 2009. She currently covers the town of Cary.