A charter school in Wilmington plans on using a new $320,000 grant to fund after-school and summer-school programs focusing on literacy, math, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Thomas Edison Charter School is one of seven community education centers receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant. Salome Thomas-EL, head of school, said he is …
Shannon Gronau from the Milford School District believes the movement behind mental health after the pandemic has shifted the paradigm of society and of public education. The counselor at Mispillion Elementary School was recently named 2024 Delaware Behavioral Health Professional of the Year, an award honoring outstanding service by school employees who are health care practitioners or human service providers …
Parents of Capital School District say more schools have gone remote and asynchronous for part of this week, but the district will not comment. Those schools include Dover High School, Dover Middle School and Kent County Community School, which serves about 300 students who have special needs. KCCS, which serves about 300 students who have special needs, went remote Thursday …
Some Capital School District parents are upset they had little more than 24 hours notice to make plans for their special needs students when their school closed because of bus and teacher staffing problems. The move left many parents scrambling to find care for their children. First, the parents were notified Monday via an email that district leaders were evaluating …
The state task force dedicated to evaluating the ongoing problems with student behavior and school climate acknowledges that there is a real problem in Delaware schools. The 24-member Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force, made of government and educational officials as well as school behavioral specialists and resource officers, got its first taste of official suspension data Monday night. …
Two Delaware schools have been awarded the Sapphire Award for Excellence in School Counseling. Appoquinimink School Districtâs Bunker Hill Elementary School and Capital School Districtâs Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center were announced winners Monday in what is the stateâs fourth year giving out the recognition. The award honors school counseling programs that are comprehensive, data-informed and designed to serve …
A partnership between a local church and Capital School District will bring social services and more to district families in Dover. The Capital Community Center was officially opened Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Located at 109 North West Street in Dover, the center will be open and accessible to all Capital School District families in need of services such as …
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 …
Capital School Districtâs superintendent will represent Delaware on a presidential committee in Washington, D.C. Vilicia Cade has been appointed to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans. âI remain humbled and poised to serve our nation as a member of this prestigious advisory commission, and look forward to using my life experiences, …
The Brandywine School District voted Monday night to explore using the same new model for evaluate its superintendent that Christina decided to consider two months ago. The vote came after Brandywine School Board member Ralph Ackerman recommended contacting the Delaware School Boards Association to set up a workshop to talk about its program they would use with Superintendent Lincoln Hohler. …
