Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community These beagles were bred for drug testing. Now you can adopt them Could these new homes break cycle of poverty? Nativity Prep principal believes God guided her into teaching Bud Martin to leave Delaware Theatre after decade at helm NCCo bills show new way to …
Brandywine, Red Clay and Christina school districts will meet Aug. 30 with the Department of Education and the governor’s office to discuss joining the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. The announcement came at Brandywine’s school board meeting Monday, where the district once again delayed a vote on whether to join. Board President John Skrobot III said that the date is tentative and …
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Statewide youth mountain biking league cranks up Delaware to spend $18 million on EV chargers 10,000-mile walk includes stop in Delaware Claymont eyed for new park with marina, amphitheater North Wilmington Branch Library set for major upgrade BUSINESS If you’re looking for a rental home, …
Christina School District board on Tuesday night once more voted to delay a decision on whether or not to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. There was little discussion, but a Delaware State University official did ask the board to include DSU as part of the collaborative. Rouser, who is DSU’s chair of education, gave a presentation to the board that …
A Wilmington Learning Collaborative official said Tuesday that the boards of the three participating districts may not approve the operating agreement until September. Jon Sheehan, chief of policy and senior advisor to Gov. John Carney, made the comment while describing how the state expects the project to unfold as it tries to create a new agency to oversee city students …
Angelie Ross-Jimenez is 19 years old with an associate’s degree and a full-time job, and she has Wilmington University to thank for that. The university has created a grow-your-own teacher pipeline program in order to address the teacher shortage in Delaware. Not only did teachers leave classrooms because of COVID, the state has 4,000 educators eligible for retirement within the …
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Catalyst deposits trove of women’s records at Hagley Wilmington Library snares another national award Butter sculpting among new fun at 2022 state fair Black storytellers from across nation gather in Wilmington DelDOT’s clankers hope to cut Casho Mill crashes 115 art groups granted $3 million …
The Brandywine School District Board is divided on whether or not to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. At its meeting Monday night, several members of the board expressed concern about finances and obligations. The board announced it is continuing to negotiate with the governor’s office, that it will hold a town hall before its Aug. 15 meeting, during which it …
Red Clay Consolidated School District may become the first district to vote on the agreement that would formally set up the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. Both Red Clay and Christina district boards had a synopsis of the 16-page draft agreement read to them Tuesday night. Both agreed to consider the issue in their next meeting. Christina will meet Aug. 9, but …
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Mt. Cuba redesigns entrance to enhance garden experience Festival fun: Ice cream, Midsommar compete for attention Saturday Kenny, Wright named Monday Club 2022 men of the year BUSINESS Fujifilm exec: 2 plants may not be enough Bill to lower realty transfer tax sails through House …
