Fifty at-risk students, 25 from Capital and 25 from Caesar Rodney school districts, are continuing their schooling into the summer months, courtesy of newly implemented Freedom Schools. Sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund, there are five key aspects of the freedom schools: High-quality academic and character-building enrichment Parent and family involvement Civic engagement and social action Intergenerational servant leadership development …
School board elections underway; polls close at 8 p.m.
Red Clay candidates have placed their campaign signs around North Star Elementary School in Hockessin. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News) It’s election day in Delaware. On the ballot: 38 candidates throughout the state in what has turned out to be one of the most divisive and partisan school board elections in memory. Patriots for Delaware sent out an email at 2 …
NCCo adds capital charge to sewer bills
New Castle County’s new sewer bill has a typo, the county noted on Facebook. New Castle County is using an acronym that might be new to many people – EDU, or equivalent dwelling unit – to calculate a new fee in its sewer bill. “The new fee is is in addition to consumption charges,” the county said in …
Candidates compete May 11 for school board posts
Several school districts have no competition, but here’s a look at the ones who do