The new Milford middle school, a key component of Milford School District’s strategic plan to accommodate rapid enrollment growth, will soon be getting a formal name. The school, under construction at 612 Lakeview Avenue in Milford, is expected to open in fall 2024. It is part of the five-year Milford School District Strategic Plan, adopted in 2023. The district is …
Officials in the Milford School District answered questions and gave updates Monday night about the progress of the district’s literacy plan. Kelly Carvajal Hageman, Milford’s chief academic officer, pointed out in the district’s monthly board meeting that Gov. John Carney and Education Secretary Mark Holodick have urged the state in the past two years to focus on literacy. A 2022 …
School discipline – a hot topic that has brought parents out to school district meetings to share their child’s experiences – came up again Monday night in Milford. This time, the conversation focused on discipline data from this school year that was reviewed during the monthly board meeting. As expected, there have been much more incidents at the secondary level …
A proposed policy to prohibit Milford School District students from taking audio and video recordings in school buildings turned out to be redundant and was tabled at the school board meeting Monday night. Tabling the policy means the board took no action and it won’t be revisited unless a board member asks for it to be. The idea of addressing …
In opposition to the wishes of some residents, the Milford School District’s board voted Monday night to strike restorative practices from its student code of conduct. Restorative practice is a method that aims to build and strengthen community relationships. Instead of focusing on solely disciplining a child for their behavior, restorative practices aim to improve their behavior and evaluate the …
Residents of the Milford School District are officially getting a tax decrease for the seventh straight year. After the district’s chief financial officer Sara Hale presented the tax proposal for the 2023-24 school year at the school board’s June meeting (to much applause and gratitude from members), the board voted unanimously Monday night to approve next year’s tax rate. “Since …
Residents in the Milford School District could have yet another tax decrease next year, which would be the seventh straight year the district has approved a decrease. Sara Hale, chief operating officer of the district, presented school tax rate data to the district’s school board Monday reflecting a tax decrease of .6% for next year. Most notably, the district is …
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Bucher takes school board seat Culture Milford Museum exhibit topic of SDARJ Town Hall Government & Politics Downtown density discussed in workshop Delaware bans 37 invasive plants (with more to come) Delaware allots millions to ensure affordable housing Education Reading, teacher retention top successful …
This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Bucher wins Milford School Board Election Culture Walk Through the Past with historians Business Milford artist details two years living in Italy in new book Government & Politics FOIA rules and changes discussed at council Citizen survey results released City of Milford hires Balog as new Arborist Education Bullying statistics and procedures released by …
by Terry Rogers Matt Bucher was announced the winner of an open seat on Milford School District Board of Education The Department of Elections has announced that Matt Bucher has unofficially won the At-Large seat on Milford School District Board of Education. Bucher received 1217 votes (66.83 percent) compared to their challenger, Jalyn Powell, who received 604 votes …
