Three schools sharing the same building in downtown Wilmington are eagerly awaiting the hoped-for completion of an $18 million project to build a gym, theater and early learning center. Kuumba Academy Charter School, Great Oaks Charter School and High Road School of Delaware share the Community Education Building. Formerly a MBNA office building. the Community Ed building is meant to …
Kuumba’s $2.4M grant will expand wellness, after school programs
Kuumba Academy, a Wilmington charter school, will use a $2.4 million state grant to expand its health center and summer school program. The school will start receiving money from the grant — called a wraparound grant because it can be used to pay for school services outside the classroom — in January. Through the same grant, Capital’s Towne Point Elementary …
Redding Consortium focuses proposed funding on early childhood services
New state funding will allow Redding Consortium to help schools create more early childhood seats, services Last year, the Redding Consortium for Educational Equality wasn’t included in the governor’s budget recommendations for this year. But they are for fiscal year 2023, which starts July 1. Gov. John Carney plans to allocate $12.8 million to the consortium, which co-chair …