Team mascots, diving dogs, bumper cars and a giant rubber duck will add to the merriment atĀ the Dover Speedwayās Fan Zone April 26-28. Best part: Itās all free as the speedway hosts aĀ NASCAR tripleheader weekend. āItās not only the action on the track that makes a Dover NASCAR weekend a one-of-a-kind experience, but also all the entertainment outside …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative says it needs three extra months to set performance requirements for the schools itās overseeing. That means the organization will have to go back to the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay districts for permission to move the deadline from March 31 to June 30. The performance requirements include setting goals through written agreements with the three …
Editor’s note: This report has been updated to reflect that Medicaid is not overseen by Public Health The Delaware Division of Public Health wants a 2025 budget of $167.4 million, but about $3.5 million of that is not in the governorās recommended budget. That puzzled the chair of the state Joint Finance Committee, which writes the state budget. Itās in …
A 20-year-old college student from Wilmington who pushed for Black history to be included in the Delaware school curriculum has received an award named for a Civil Rights leader.Ā Tariah Hyland, a junior at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was given the 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award by Delaware Secretary of State Jeff Bullock.Ā The award honors the accomplishments …
The largest number of Delaware school districts in 14 years are holding elections in 2024 to ask their residents to agree to raise taxes for education. State and education leaders cite inflation, population growth, state-mandate raises for education, changes in funding and the COVID-19 pandemic as among reasons why six of the stateās 19 districts are making the case for …
School board members in their first term say parents who hesitate to run for school board should know that new members can make a difference right away. Don Patton was one of the drivers of Christina School District establishing a fresh method of evaluation for Superintendent Dan Shelton to hold him accountable for the district goals he sets each year. …
GEORGETOWN — Ousted Sussex Central High School Principal ās hearing Thursday to clear his name stretched into the mid-afternoon asĀ person after person testified he seemed jovial at showing a video of a school fight in which a student’s breast was exposed. Layfield was fired by the Indian River School District after being accused of circulating the video of the …
Education ā what one legislator called the most important investment by the state ā consumed Wednesdayās Joint Finance Committee hearing for a category that makes up about one-third of the stateās $6 billion budget.Ā Appearing in the morning before the committee that decided how and where the stateās budget will be spent was The Redding Consortium and the Wilmington Learning …
Brandywine School District’s operational referendum passed with flying colors Tuesday, preliminary results show. The referendum, which would raise $15,625,549 in local revenue to support ongoing district operations, was successful. Although this means the average homeowner will have a $181.75 increase in taxes for fiscal year 2025 and a $145.40 per year increase in fiscal year 2026 and beyond, the district’s …
Basketball legend Earvin āMagicā Johnson made a guest appearance at this past weekendās gala at Delaware State University, which raised $3 million and was highlighted by the single-largest contribution made by an alum in the University’s 132-year history.Ā Along with a $1 million grant from Sallie Mae to DSUās College Completion Program, the high-ranked HBCU received a $1 million donation …
