Smyrna and Appoquinimink are the two school district's with unsuccessful referendums this academic year.

Smyrna School District referendum fails

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Smyrna School District’s capital and operating referendum to raise local revenue for it school’s has failed. It’s request to raise local funds was rejected at a vote of 820 “yes” and 1,129 “no” (57.9%). The other ballot option – which would authorize the district to issue bonds for capital projects like building a new intermediate school – also failed, with …

Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals

Staff WriterEducation, RSS-Education

Hussein named Delawareā€™s finalist for second consecutive year Ā  Wilmington, Del. (March 7, 2024) ā€“ Following a spirited competition featuring eleven talented high school students from Delaware, Maiss Hussein, a senior from Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, emerged as the 2024 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion. The exhilarating state finals took place [ā€¦] Staff WriterThis post was …

WilmU and Code Differently announced their partnership Tuesday.

WilmU, Code Differently team up for 18 credit opportunity in tech

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A new partnership between Wilmington University and a national coding group will provide Delaware residents the opportunity to earn a big chunk of college credits in concentrations like computer science, cybersecurity and data analysis.Ā  The university has partnered with Code Differently, which provides hands-on training and education through coding classes that gives participants the technical and cognitive skills they need …

Delaware breaks its funding expenditures for schools into nine categories.

Hereā€™s how Delaware slices its school funding pie

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

One might find it hard to believe that laundry, driverā€™s ed and athletic travel and equipment are considered ā€œinstructional costsā€ in Delaware public schools, but they are.Ā  Instruction is one of nine categories of funding for the First Stateā€™s public schools.Ā  It makes up 55.28% of the spending for the 23-24 school year, totaling $1,584,970,346, according to the Delaware State …

Senior Maiss Hussein is the 2024 Delaware Poetry Out Loud winner.

Hodgsonā€™s Maiss Hussein repeats as Delaware Poetry Out Loud champ

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Maiss Hussein, a senior at Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, is once again Delawareā€™s Poetry Out Loud winner. She went back-to-back, winning this yearā€™s competition at the Smyrna Opera House Thursday night with her rendition of “ā€™Hopeā€™ is the thing with feathersā€ by Emily Dickinson.Ā  The poem reads: ā€œHopeā€ is the thing with feathers – That perches in …

Colonial School District's 2024 referendum is successful.

Colonial referendum passes one day after Red Clay’s success

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Colonial School District’s capital and operating referendum has passed, a day after Red Clay’s referendum also passed. With the successful referendum passes, there will be a phased approach to a local tax increase, with a spike of 25 cents per $100 of assessed property value in fiscal year 2025, 10 cents in fiscal year 2026 and five cents in fiscal …