NCCVT's new energy efficiency project could cut the district's carbon footprint by up to 25%. (All photos from Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)

NCCVT celebrates $10.5 million energy initiative

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The superintendent of a school district believes a new energy initiative, funded by more than $10 million, will benefit not only the children today, but the community as a whole moving forward. “This is really about generations to come, and us protecting what we have for others, and us respecting nature and respecting where we are so joyful to be …

A few hundred students signed certificates of commitment to work with future employers during career signing day Monday.

NCCVT career signing day: 300 hop into workforce

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The First State workforce just broadened Monday as nearly 300 high school seniors from the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District put pen to paper as they inked their names for career signing day.  The teenagers will begin work and earn income right after graduating high school with an arsenal of trades and skills, something that Superintendent Joseph Jones …

After a string of chaotic and confusing events at high school football games, Appo and Howard are changing their policies.

Appo, Howard change football admissions policies

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Sports fans shouldn’t just assume that incidents like the ones that rocked recent Howard and Appoquinimink high school football games are inevitable, says the superintendent of New Castle Vo-Tech. “As a lifetime educator, most of the kids we interact with every day are doing wonderful, and even in these incidents, you discover it’s only a few kids,” said Dr. Joseph …

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Vo-Tech students to be paid to help revitalize Wilmington 

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

25 New Castle County Vo-Tech students will be hire to work on Wilmington revitalization projects.     New Castle County Vo-Tech students will swap their pencils for screwdrivers as part of the effort to revitalize the city of Wilmington.  The students will be involved in the city’s $50 million residential redevelopment and stabilization plan funded through the American Rescue Plan …