The Christina School District is set to ask the state for well over $150 million dollars this summer to help complete capital projects at all three levels: elementary, middle and high school. By Aug. 31, the district â the second largest in the state serving more than 13,000 students â will submit a certificate of necessity to the state Department …
A state agency aiming to rapidly improve education in the city of Wilmington has finally organized what measurables it will use to gauge success. The Wilmington Learning Collaborative, created in November 2022, oversees nine city elementary schools in the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay Consolidated school districts. To reverse longstanding challenges to academic and social success, the collaborative seeks to …
In the Christina School Districtâs second town hall this school year Tuesday night, the handful of community members that showed up brought concerns of cell phone use, school bullying and test prep. The goal of the meetings is to allow Christina residents to interact with the districtâs board of education. Itâs a unique arrangement because in monthly meetings, the board …
The new head of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative pushed back Tuesday night on suggestions that the new agency expand to include more city elementary schools. âThis is a long journey, this is going to take many years to get our schools where they need to be,â said Laura Burgos, the groupâs executive director. Thatâs not going to happen by adding …
Christina School District held a community town hall Tuesday night to allow parents, district staff and students to ask questions and share concerns with the school board. This was the first town hall the school board had held in two years. âWe want to know the good things that are going on in the district, we want to know the …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has proposed a way to spend the $10 million it will get from the state next year as the effort to improve educational and societal outcomes for the Wilmington students ramps up. The groupâs governing council voted to approve the budget Tuesday night, and it will now head to the Department of Education for approval before …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has narrowed the search for an executive director to two finalists after months of appealing for applications and then sifting through more than 100 candidates. Dr. Laura Burgos and Dr. Edward Ryans are the finalists for the job, said council member Alethea Smith-Tucker during the Thursday night meeting of the collaborative’s governing council meeting. The Wilmington …
The council of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative will ask the three participating districts to amend their memorandum of understanding to extend the councilâs planning period. âWeâve got one shot at this,â said councilman Lincoln Hohler, who is Brandywine School Districtâs superintendent. âWe can’t come back to the community with another failed initiative and say we want to reboot, we get …
In Fridayâs first public meeting of the Wilmington Learning Collaborativeâs board, members focused on ironing out the specifics on how the organization will move forward. Among the issues they tackled were selecting a temporary secretary to handle organization issues; setting meeting times; and forming committees to tackle the three main goals of the board. The collaborative is designed to improve …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative already is forming the council that will govern it. Once the council is established, it will order a needs assessment, which will help the council decide where to put or share resources. Those are the starting tasks of the new education group that state, city and district officials hope will help raise learning and test scores …
