An app created to stop bullying in schools has been rebranded and expanded to help prevent suicides and connect struggling students with support services. The SAFE DE app was introduced Wednesday at Appoquinimink’s Middletown High School. Formerly known as the STOPit app, SAFE DE has two new sections: a crisis text line and a resources tab. The STOPit app originally …
Appo votes to buy 25 buses for fall use
Appoquinimink School District’s board voted unanimously this week to invest $215,000 in up to 25 new buses by the fall. This will help serve 2,000 students for whom the district has not been able to provide busing. The idea of the district purchasing its own buses instead of relying only on companies that contract with the district to provide …
Appo committee to ask school board to buy 25 buses
Appoquinimink’s Transportation Committee voted Thursday to buy up to 25 new school buses for fall, as the district’s contractors struggle to find drivers for the 2,000 students who still need to be assigned to buses. Tom Poehlmann, the district’s director of Safety, Security and Operations, originally proposed buying 11 buses to the committee. On Thursday, he said the district needed …
Appo parents told bus drivers may strike as early as Thursday
Appoquinimink has told parents it expects some bus drivers to be on strike Thursday. Appoquinimink School District parents were told Wednesday evening that bus drivers had voted down a contract offer and may strike as early as Thursday. The system is now preparing for a strike, which will mean disruptions in bus routes and delays getting students to and …
Appoquinimink warms to later start for middle, high schools
The school board on March 15 will live-stream a workshop on its YouTube channel featuring a sleep expert.