A bill that would strip crime-free housing ordinances from Delaware sparked conversation about domestic abuse, racist motives and local control in the Senate Housing and Land Use Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-New Castle, would ban municipal ordinances from requiring the eviction of tenants for criminal activity by a tenant, member of the tenant’s household …
The preliminary results for the 2023 Delaware school board elections are in, and here are the winners: New Castle County Appoquinimink School District â Tashiba Graham (4.45% voter turnout) Christina School District â Douglas Manly, Y.F. Lou (2.95% voter turnout) Red Clay Consolidated School District â Jose Matthews, Aje English-Wynn (4.37% voter turnout) Kent County Caesar Rodney School District â …
Three bills unanimously flew through the Delaware House of Representatives Tuesday. The first one, House Bill 83, sponsored by Rep. Kim Williams, D-Marshallton, requires every public school to provide kindergarten students an oral health screening by the last day of each school year. âOral health care is so vital for our children’s health, not just physically but mentally and socially,â …
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Todayâs the day: after nine weeks of campaigning, 40 Delawareans will compete for 23 school board seats in Tuesdayâs school board elections. âOver the last couple of months, our campaign has had the opportunity to connect with thousands of voters whoâve shared their stories, hopes, and aspiration for Red Clay and its future,â said Jose Matthews, an incumbent board member …
Recently, the UCLA School of Law released a database showing that Delaware is the lone state to have zero measures enacted or even introduced that would ban instruction on how race and law have been used to produce systemic discrimination, more commonly known as critical race theory (CRT). Delaware does not teach CRT. Never has. The post The Importance of …
Three weeks after Caesar Rodney School Districtâs tax referendum failed, residents of another Kent County school district overwhelmingly voted to increase property to give their schools additional revenue. Lake Forest School District, in Felton,voted Saturday to raise school property taxes by 18.90 cents in the 2023-2024 school year, 10.80 cents in 2024-2025 and 37 cents in 2025-2026 â per each …
The council of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative will ask the three participating districts to amend their memorandum of understanding to extend the councilâs planning period. âWeâve got one shot at this,â said councilman Lincoln Hohler, who is Brandywine School Districtâs superintendent. âWe can’t come back to the community with another failed initiative and say we want to reboot, we get …
Students at the Salesianum School are gearing up for a night of remembrance, community and fundraising as the private all-boys high school hosts its 10th annual Lt. Joseph Szczerba â85 Memorial 5k Thursday. âI’m running for everyone that puts their lives on the line for us and protect us every day,â said senior Michael Manzi. âThat is the police and …
Danielle Deinert, a candidate for Milford School Districtâs board, fielded questions on key education issues like LGBTQ+ rights, critical race theory and school safety in a forum Wednesday night. Milfordâs forum is one of six hosted by First State Action Fund, a local group aiming to reinvent education in Delaware. The series is intended to help voters understand candidateâs positions …
