Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Mispillion Bridge damaged again Culture Milford Library holds first comicon Business DMI seeking volunteers for committees Government & Politics Community Block Grant program needs applicants City continues to grapple with homeless displacement Education 3 Sussex charters ask for more legislative help Health Winter 2023 …
There are wide disparities among Delaware’s public school districts and charters in the percentage of seniors crossing the stage to graduate each spring. Department of Education officials indicated that the most recent data is from 2021 graduation rates. Recommended: Colonial’s dropout prevention program shows impressive results This year’s data will likely not be published on the State Report Card until …
A bill that would bar charter schools from giving preference in student admissions to those living within a 5-mile radius of the school faced a lot of scrutiny in the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday. House Bill 238 was passed by the House on May 5, although it faced concerns in the House hearings as well. Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha, D-Wilmington, said …
School board elections are May 10 across the state of Delaware. Jalyn Powell, running for Milford School District’s at-large seat, said Thursday night that board members should be open-minded, all students should be seen as gifted, critical race theory is not an issue, charter schools and choice are good, and that ethnicity of school workers should reflect the community. …
