The Wilmington Learning Collaborativeās governing council got its wish and will now have an additional planning year after the final vote to amend the signed memorandum of understanding was approved Monday night. The collaborative, made up of nine city of Wilmington elementary schools across Christina, Red Clay and Brandywine school districts, was waiting on Brandywineās board to approve the 2023-2024 …
Red Clay again to seek $289M from state for capital projects
Red Clay Consolidated School District will once again ask the Department of Education for $289 million for maintenance and programs. The district has not been successful in having its request, called a certificate of necessity, filled for the past 11 years. In its board meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Dorrell Green recommended asking for $289 million, and the board voted to …
Christina first to OK extension of WLC planning period
Christina School Districtās board on Tuesday became the first to vote to extend the planning period for the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. Planning was supposed to have ended with the 2022-23 school year, but because it took a longer time than expected for the 15-person governing council to form, find an executive director and get school assessments moving, the board asked …
Saint Markās inspiring careers in gaming with esports center
Video games are no longer just a source of entertainment, but a multibillion dollar industry that is becoming increasingly ingrained in schools with some students clamoring to pursue a career in the field.Ā āAlmost everyone in the world is connected to a video game somehow, on their mobile phone or on their console,ā said Chris Ruffini, esports manager at Saint …
‘Iām ready to go’ says WLC’s first exec. director Burgos
Itās official: the Wilmington Learning Collaborative has finalized the contract for its executive director, Laura Burgos, who will sign sometime in the next few days. A special meeting was called for the agencyās governing council Thursday, and after about an hour of its members meeting executively in private, the group publicly announced it had agreed to hire Burgos, who said …
School board members question value of state associationĀ
Some Delaware school district boards are questioning what they get from their membership in the Delaware School Boards Association. The cost of joining is not insignificant. In Caesar Rodney School Districtās July board meeting, John Marinucci, former executive director of DSBA, said it would cost the district $10,500 per year to be part of the association, That includes a discount …
Contract delays to Learning Collabās exec. director Burgos
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative still doesnāt have an executive director. Laura Burgos, who was tapped by the Collaborativeās governing council to take over, has yet to sign her contract, the council was told Tuesday night. That detail was a bit surprising because in Brandywineās school board meeting Monday, council chair the Rev. Shanika Perry ā whoās also a Brandywine board …
DelawareLIVE Weekly Review ā July 16, 2023
This Weekās Review Includes: Loop coalition: Finish walkable bike trail around Wilmington Delaware Shakespeareās āMacbethā comes to Rockwood this month DRBA details millions going to bridge, airport infrastructure Bodhi Kitchen opens in Rehoboth; My Sisterās Fault reopens Wilm. city council adamantly refuses to censure Oliver Milford votes to decrease taxes for next year 4 local baseball stars find out their …
Red Clay, Wilm U partner for program to create more teachers
Red Clay Consolidated School District is joining forces with Wilmington University to combat the ongoing teacher shortage. District superintendent Dorrell Green told the board an exclusive partnership with Wilm U will create alternate paths for Red Clay workers to get their teacher certification. Ā The program will start this fall.Ā āAs we know, again, the teacher and educator shortage tends to …
After 6-month search, Learning Collab selects exec. director
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has finally selected an executive director.Ā After a nationwide search that lasted more than six months, the board on Friday chose Laura Burgos, a career educator in the public, nonprofit and private sectors. āThe WLC continues to establish itself as a non-profit corporate entity, and it is very important work,ā said Dan Shelton, a member of …