First State Educate's community action event Monday night focused on parental engagement with school boards.

Local schools on underperforming list

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Delaware Department of Education recently released a list of schools on improvement plans and several local schools appeared on the list. There are several categories used to identify schools who need improvement, including Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI and CSI-R) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI-1 and TSI-2). According to DOE, a school falls into CSI either when students score …

Santa delivers cards to Genesis Healthcare

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On Friday, December 22, just before he had to head back to the North Pole to prepare for his midnight ride around the world, Santa stopped at Genesis Healthcare in Milford to deliver handmade cards to residents in the facility. The cards were created by students at Mispillion, Lulu M. Ross and Benjamin Banneker Elementary Schools. Cards were also made …

Childrenā€™s author visits MSD elementary schools

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Tom Watson, author of ā€œStick Dogā€ and ā€œStick Cat,ā€ recently visited Mispilliion and Lulu Ross Elementary schools. The author talked to students and drew with them during his visit. In addition, he had lunch with 15 students who participated in ā€œI Love to Readā€ month. ā€œWe were so excited to have Mr. Watson in our schools,ā€ Trish Gerken, Public Information …