June 3, 2016
Delaware
Coastal Point
Hats off to the Class of 2016
Hundreds of smiles, and a few tears, filled the football stadium at Indian River High School’s 47th commencement on May 30. Principal Bennett Murray congratulated the 193 graduates of the Class of 2016. In that diverse group, everyone is going somewhere different: 86 percent to post-secondary...
June 2, 2016
Delaware
Delaware Public Media
Education takes brunt of JFC cuts
State lawmakers made mincemeat out of Gov. Jack Markell’s (D) proposed new spending for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday. It was a bloodbath for new initiatives Markell floated earlier this year after the Joint Finance Committee slashed about $21 million from his budget plan...
June 1, 2016
Delaware
Newark Post
Newark Charter student reaches national spelling bee finals
A Newark Charter School sixth-grader was a finalist in the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. Raphael Kim, 12, correctly spelled “almoner” and “Moroccan” in the preliminary rounds of the bee, held May 25-26 near Washington, D.C., and nationally televised...
May 31, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Parents oppose Cape elementary plan
Superintendent Robert Fulton has recommended an elementary school plan that gives both Milton schools 17 percent more low-socioeconomic students than Shields Elementary. About 20 Milton parents attended a May 26 school board meeting – about half the number who attended a May 23 community...