Dan Shelton, the ousted superintendent of the Christina School District â which has a divided and chaotic board â has lawyered up. Shelton has hired the Neuberger Firm to represent him after the board voted 4-3 in July to not renew his contract for the 2024-2025 school year, and then affirmed that in an August meeting. That July meeting lasted …
This Weekâs 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. Markâs DiGennaro named state track coach of year Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
The president of the tumultuous Christina School District Board of Education said a new â and free â training program from a state education group is much needed and very beneficial. âI’ve had this conversation with other legislators about bringing in organizations like School Board Partners to train our board members, and I think if you look at what’s going …
This Weekâs Top Stories Include Winterthur Artisan Market returns with added day, 100 artists Meet Artelo, the Kennett Square motel with arty twist Bardea team to open Italian eatery in DE.CO food hall Music in sewers unexpected topic at State of the County Education experts offer takeaways from 2024 school bills Brandywine, Naamans get walk off wins to advance Click …
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 …
This Weekâs Top Stories Include First trail plan proposed for First State National Park Respiratory illness temporarily shuts 2 sheltersâ doors to dogs Rise, Shine & Dine: 13 beach restaurants for breakfast Delaware Womenâs Hall of Fame 2024 class to add 4 Christina school board puts Superintendent Shelton on leave Canal and Naamans advance to winners bracket Click on the …
Dan Shelton, voted Delaware’s Superintendent of the Year just two years ago, has been booted from Christina School District. In a meeting that started 40 minutes late Tuesday night, lasted about seven hours and wrapped up right before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, the board argued the night away and finally voted, 4-3, to put Shelton on administrative leave. Legally, board …
The Delaware Department of Justice will monitor the meetings of Christina School Districtâs board of education for the next year. Every year, the General Assembly creates a grants-in-aid bill, which outlines the stateâs investments in government agencies and nonprofits, like senior centers, veterans organizations and fire companies, for example. The bill appeared to be business-as-usual, but the penultimate section of …
The members of the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity voted Thursday night to remove the Christina School District from the city of Wilmington in a redistricting plan. Those for the move said that removing Christinaâs three schools inside the city that donât connect to the rest of the district will allow the consortium to better focus its efforts on the …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative says it needs three extra months to set performance requirements for the schools itâs overseeing. That means the organization will have to go back to the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay districts for permission to move the deadline from March 31 to June 30. The performance requirements include setting goals through written agreements with the three …
