Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Ursuline’s Nativity kickstarts celebration of Christmas On the go? Your guide to end-of-year holidays First State Montessori makes, donates holiday sweets Business Delaware’s minimum wage to rise again Jan. 1 Public advocate slams Delmarva Power’s rate hike request Volunteers help pack Mountaire Cares boxes to …
State Board: Great Oaks Charter will not be shut down
Great Oaks Charter School, a Wilmington charter serving a student body of more than 80% Black students, will not be shut down. After nearly three months of being placed on formal review by the Charter School Accountability Committee, Education Secretary Mark Holidick recommended Thursday night to the Delaware State Board of Education to allow the school to continue operating. The …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – November 3, 2022
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Polarization challenges Return Day traditions Some question need for one-way traffic in Rockford Park WilmU law school to start with 100 students, be accredited by 2025 Firefly ’23 canceled to ‘recharge lights,’ whatever that means History favors Ramone, numbers favor Burns in Pike Creek race …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – October 6, 2022
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Brew HaHa!’s new Avenue North shop opened this week Mount Pleasant wins contest to perform ‘Frozen: The Musical’ Business Forward Journey: Programs for young severely disabled adults New owners of Griswold Home Care didn’t see this coming Government Delaware Supreme Court to hear vote-by-mail appeal …
Great Oaks Charter’s low enrollment leads to state review
Concerns about enrollment numbers at Great Oaks Charter School in Wilmington have triggered a formal review by the Delaware Department of Education. The school serves eighth through twelfth grade and has a student body of more than 80% Black students. The review will be conducted by the Charter School Accountability Committee to determine if Great Oaks has violated terms of …
Community Education Building reintroduces itself with block party
A block party Saturday at the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington will feature free food, entertainment and even free sports physicals. “This is our re-introduction to the community,” said Tamarra Morris, chief operating officer of the CEB. “A lot of people have no idea what we’re doing here in this building, so we want to make sure that we …