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 …
Parents upset as staffing issues close special needs school
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 …
School behavior group wants more funding for specialists
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. …
Appo, Capital schools win award for excellence in counseling
Two Delaware schools have been awarded the Sapphire Award for Excellence in School Counseling. Appoquinimink School District’s Bunker Hill Elementary School and Capital School District’s Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center were announced winners Monday in what is the state’s fourth year giving out the recognition. The award honors school counseling programs that are comprehensive, data-informed and designed to serve …
Capital Community Center: food, clothes, internet, more
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 …
Teacher absenteeism calls for staff flexibility, strategies
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’s Cade picked for presidential group on Black equity
Capital School District’s 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. “I remain humbled and poised to serve our nation as a member of this prestigious advisory commission, and look forward to using my life experiences, …







