Julia Merola

2 days ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola

Why Should Delaware Care? Delaware is one of just a few states that send all school funding questions to voters through the referendum process. District officials said more money is needed to stem staffing cuts, but Thursday’s vote marked the second failure in three months to raise those dollars.  The Indian River School District’s referendum request to raise $22.5 million was rejected by more than half of voters Thursday, continuing a recent trend of district requests being defeated at the polls.

3 days ago | delawareonline.com | Julia Merola

The Indian River School District is asking residents in eastern Sussex County to vote to approve a nearly $23 million tax increase on Thursday, less than three months after a similar referendum failed.

4 days ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola

Why Should Delaware Care? Delaware is one of just a few states that send school funding questions to voters through the referendum process. And with costs rising in Southern Delaware, one district says it will need more money to stem staffing cuts. The Indian River School District is asking residents in eastern Sussex County to vote to approve a nearly $23 million tax increase on Thursday, less than three months after a similar referendum failed.

5 days ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola

Why Should Delaware Care? The Public Education Funding Commission, a state group tasked with studying the current funding formula and recommending how dollars are distributed to schools, voted on Monday to move forward with a hybrid formula. The approved framework incorporates Delaware’s current distribution of money on a per-student basis with one that allocates money based on students’ needs.

2 weeks ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola

Why Should Delaware Care?Community members have increasingly grown concerned about a lack of transparency after Jeff Lawson, the stepson of Brandywine Superintendent Lisa Lawson, was named as the new principal of Concord High School without the position being publicly posted. While the district says the position was based on an internal transfer and did not require external posting, the decision raises concerns around nepotism.