DelawareLive Oct 1

DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – October 1, 2023

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: Delaware City Day parade, fireworks salute small town life Biodigester will help Janssen’s keep food waste out of landfill Po’ Boys Creole Restaurant sold to familiar face Wilm. Charter senior 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for leader program Dover celebrates first win over Salesianum in 35 years Click on the image below to view the …

Sahaana Rajagopalan is the first Delawarean to be picked for the Rising Leaders Initiative.

Wilm. Charter senior 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for leader program 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A senior from the Charter School of Wilmington is one of 10 students across the country selected to a new leadership program. Sahaana Rajagopalan is the lone Delawarean to be picked for the Rising Leaders Initiative, a one-year program that trains exemplary students in civic participation, education advocacy, leadership development and public speaking. This is just the second year of …

The state looks to establish certification and licensure requirements for charter school leaders.

Enrollment in state charters went up 5.1% during pandemic

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Over the course of the pandemic, enrollment in Delaware charter schools increased 5.10%, while traditional public schools’ student body dropped 1.14%. That’s according to a report published in November by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. It found that traditional public schools lost students in nearly every state. The First State’s traditional public schools lost 1,423 students from 2019 …