This Week’s Top Stories Include Pritchett Academy, 1st city school in 50 years, opens Friday Frankford’s CP Cases sells majority of stock to Lagercrantz Maryland woman tries to pose as nurse in Delaware State board’s new student rep. focus on STEM, mental health DelVets reaches final four at American Legion World Series Click on the image below to view the …
This Week’s Top Stories Include Ursuline plans adjacent performing arts, community space Crumbl opens new store in Prices Corner Shopping Center Some voters can choose a primary on election day Christina board has heated meeting again, votes for superintendent St. Mark’s DiGennaro named state track coach of year Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Some important Christina School District news has been somewhat lost in coverage of the momentous decision by the board of education to suspend Superintendent Dan Shelton. Christina board OKs work on middle schools The board approved a plan to renovate Kirk and Shue-Medill middle schools and build a new Gauger-Cobbs School and then demolish the old building, WDEL reported. The …
A bill that would drop the age to vote in school board elections to 16 is drawing strong opposition from one education group. The voting age now is 18. House Bill 96, sponsored by Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, which would lower that voting age for school board races, is set to be heard Wednesday at the 3 p.m. House Education …
Freire’s withdrawal comes as Christina School District’s board is asking the state to put a moratorium on new and expanding charter schools. Photo from Freire-Wilmington Facebook page. Freire Schools has withdrawn its request to expand and put a charter school in Newark. Nate Durant, co-head of school at Freire Charter School-Wilmington, said in a note to state education officials …
The Christina School District board heard from members and parents opposed to a charter school moratorium. Two parents opposed to Christina School District’s request for a moratorium on new or expanding charter schools said the move would inhibit parents’ right to choose where their kids went to school. The moratorium, approved in February’s board meeting, called for a statewide temporary …
The Christina School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow its superintendent to enter negotiations to form the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. “I’m smiling,” said Gov. John Carney. The Collaborative would oversee the education of only the Wilmington students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Christina, Red Clay and Brandywine school districts, creating programs to help city student learn and …
