Dress code

Red Clay students lead charge on dress code changesĀ 

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Red Clay Consolidated School District seems on track to adopt a new dress code this summer after months of student-led discussions criticizing the current rules as outdated, racist and objectifying, especially because they are largely enforced by male administrators. ā€œStudents feel like the dress code was only used as a way to get kids in trouble,ā€ said Eileena Mathews, an …

Science Olympiad construction competition moves back indoors

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

Chase Martinez shovels sand during a Delaware Science Olympiad bridges event as Joseph Mlodak uses two rods to stop the bucket from swinging.     As Chase Martinez filled a bucket hanging from his balsa wood bridge with sand, the structure began making ominous popping sounds and he shoveled faster. “I thought it was going to crack,” he said. But, …