The Appoquinimink School District voted this week to approve a tax increase. Tuition taxes are used in conjunction with state and federal funds to support students with special needs. The school board will ask for a rate increase of 1.42 cents per $100 of assessed home value. According to Danielle Pro-Hudson, district chief communication officer, the tax increase is part …
A resolution to censure Wilmington councilwoman Zanthia Oliver was slammed by city council members in the group’s meeting Thursday night, losing by a vote of 10 to 2. Resolution 0333, sponsored by Councilwoman Shané Darby, was a public censure of councilmember Oliver, following the public reprimand issued in April by the City of Wilmington Ethics Commission. “I have already come …
Red Clay Consolidated School District is joining forces with Wilmington University to combat the ongoing teacher shortage. District superintendent Dorrell Green told the board an exclusive partnership with Wilm U will create alternate paths for Red Clay workers to get their teacher certification. The program will start this fall. “As we know, again, the teacher and educator shortage tends to …
Delaware’s infrastructure stole the show in Wednesday’s State of the County for New Castle County. Stephen Williams, deputy executive director of Delaware River Bay Authority, told an audience of about 200 that the Authority is focusing on the importance of replacing aging infrastructure and investing in the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which links the First State to New Jersey. Some of …
Christina School District will no longer hold its graduation at the University of Delaware. The Tuesday night decision by the School Board came after a recent incident in which UD police arrested an 18-year-old star student on graduation day. Holding graduation on UD’s campus has cost Christina $98,129. That includes access to a campus building and parking lot as well …
Seven Delaware high schoolers will save $2,500 in college tuition thanks to Mountaire Farms, the nation’s fourth largest chicken company. The company awarded a total of $80,000 to 32 students in the Delmarva region and North Carolina in its latest round of scholarship funds given out to children and grandchildren of employees, growers and grain producers. “We are proud of …
A human resources director for the largest school district in Sussex County shocked a House Education Committee hearing in April when she told them about 300 of its 1,000 educators are off on any given school day. About 800 of those educators are teachers, and their absenteeism rains down problems for the district, said Celeste Bunting, director of human resources …
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 …
Smyrna High School shined in the Educators Rising National Conference in Orlando, Florida as 11 individuals or teams of the school earned top 10 finishes in competitions. Delaware had 18 individuals or teams total that landed in the top 10 of events. Throughout the four-day conference, which ended July 2, students engaged in professional and personal development opportunities, networking and …
Ten Delawareans won awards at the 45th annual Technology Student Association conference in Louisville, Kentucky last week. 130 First Staters participated in individual and team events among a crowd of more than 8,000. Competitions gauged their skills in: architecture, podcasting, biotechnology. board game design, career prep, coding, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, video production, dragster design, extemporaneous speech, fashion design …
