The nationwide educator shortage has been a thorn in the side of schools, but the burden is easing in the First State. Delaware’s public schools have 259 vacant staff positions (2.5% of the total educator workforce), a 52% decrease compared to the previous hiring season. Delaware has more than 10,000 instructional and non-instructional workers. However, not all openings are …
Bills that would expand the reasons and days for teachers to take days off from work divided legislators and public commenters in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, who is chair of the committee, would give teachers and other school employees the same protection to be absent without a loss of pay …
Sussex County’s Planning and Zoning Commission will decide Thursday night whether to allow a Bridgeville project to proceed that would put a natural gas offloading station within 1,300 feet of an elementary school. The commission deferred action on Eastern Shore Natural Gas’ conditional use request during a Feb. 10 meeting after numerous members of the public objected to the proposal. …
