Joey Melvin, Director of Center for Safe Schools As we prepare for another school year, ensuring children’s safety and well-being is a top priority. Whether your child is heading to kindergarten or high school, here are some essential safety tips for parents to remember as the school gates swing open again. 1. Open Communication: Encourage your child to share with you …
As Milford School District students gear up for the school year, that last week of August is barreling toward them. However, students come back at various times. Students who are in kindergarten, first grade, sixth grade and ninth grade have a full transition day on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The remaining students all come back the next day, Wednesday Aug. 28. …
With the funds that Delaware schools received for tutoring during the pandemic running out, many parents are sending their children to private tutoring services to catch up, tune their existing skills or even get a head start on the next school year. “The challenge right now is for all of the last three years, all of the schools had ESSER …
In their latest edition of an informative and interactive webinar series, First State Educate gave the inside scoop about all things public comment during school board meetings. Yvonne Johnson, the main speaker Thursday night and the organization’s school board consultant, outlined the basics: that public comment is usually limited to a few minutes, that it’s not a conversation and board …
First State Educate, a state educational advocacy organization, has launched a mini grant program that will distribute a total of $10,000 to Delaware school board members. “School boards play a pivotal role in decision making that can directly impact student outcomes,” said Julia Keleher, chief strategy and operations officer at First State Educate. The grants will help enhance the effectiveness …
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Delaware’s state-wide test scores from the 2023-2024 school year were released Thursday, and while they are still very low, they did not get any worse than last year. That might not be saying much, as education experts across the state have been calling the low scores a “crisis” for multiple years …
Stevie Tull was just 7 months old when he started to benefit from programs provided by Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore. And now, three decades later, they are an essential part of the life of the Seaford resident. Tull, 38, has Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, a rare neurological disorder that resembles cerebral palsy in its symptoms, said his father, Steve. Stevie …
In 2005, Joseph Warnell, owner of land on Clendaniel Pond in Lincoln as well as land on the corner of Cubbage Pond and Johnson Road, obtained approval for Cypress Creek Estates, a residential development. In 2021, Sussex County Planning Director Jamie Whitehouse submitted a request to Sussex County Planning and Zoning to review the request as substantial progress had not …
A Georgetown man who was a firefighter and Sussex County employee was killed Tuesday afternoon after he stopped on his way back to county offices to help at an accident. Thomas Wilson Berry III, 23, died just before 4:30 p.m. at a vehicle crash on U.S. 9/Lewes-Georgetown Highway. Some reports say he was struck and killed, but others said he …
No one wants to get bit by a tick. The uptick in tick presence on Delmarva should not stop you from enjoying our beautiful state this summer. With over 700 reported Lyme disease cases in Delaware last year, we hope to help you and your family stay safer this summer. Ticks carry bacteria, viruses, and parasites to steer clear of. …
