Fixing Our Funding: Q&A with Mike Griffith
If anyone can navigate the complex and hazardous waters of education funding, it’s Mike Griffith.
As the senior school finance analyst for Education Commission of the States, he’s worked in the field of school finance policy for more than 19 years, and has focused his research on the condition of state budgets, the adequacy and equity of...
May 24, 2016
Delaware
Delaware 105.9
State auditor's office begins IRSD audit in wake of CFO being placed on paid administrative leave last month
The State auditor begins a review of the financial records of the Indian River School District following last month's placement of paid administrative leave for it's chief financial officer Patrick Miller. The Daily...
May 23, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Lewes fifth-grader Lily Manlove wins statewide essay contest
When Lily Manlove of Lewes was given the task of writing about “What My Mother Means to Me,” the biggest problem she had was in keeping to the 150 word limit required by the contest. There were so many wonderful things to write about her mother, she said. “She...
May 20, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Community, school board hear redistricting plan
The second community meeting to present Cape Henlopen School District's proposed elementary redistricting outlined six options for assigning students to the district's five schools while balancing socioeconomic percentages. One legislator, two future school board members and...