Delaware Today Magazine -- Jan. 2018 Guide to Public Schools (Wilmington: neighborhood, school district)

[Pocopsonite]

Your 2018 Guide to Public Schools in Delaware

This is REALLY long, but it has so much good information on the current school situation, including how school choice works in practice, I thought it might be helpful to post here.

I was amazed to learn that more than 25% of public school students attend a school other than their "neighborhood" school.

I know that many of those who come to the Delaware forum are researching retirement possibilities. But occasionally it's a family with school-age kids. So someday maybe it will pop up for someone who searches for "schools" on this forum.

[Icarus7]

My local public school is perhaps the best thing about Delaware since I've moved here. Honestly it's the main reason we'd end up staying in state here.

[Pocopsonite]

What school and school district?

[Icarus7]

Linden Hill Elementary in Red Clay. We are in the new Chinese immersion program. I'd actually prefer to live somewhere like Trolley Square, Kennett Square or something more concentrated/connected like that (even Philly itself) rather than chopped-up rural-ish development-land. We probably should've gone with the Chonese immersion in Downes Elementary near downtown Newark since that town is at least closer to our style (and we are always going there for restaurants), but I thought there might be more Chinese families in the Linden Hill immersion program. Anyway, we are very happy with the school.

[James420]

Originally Posted by Icarus7

Linden Hill Elementary in Red Clay. We are in the new Chinese immersion program. I'd actually prefer to live somewhere like Trolley Square, Kennett Square or something more concentrated/connected like that (even Philly itself) rather than chopped-up rural-ish development-land. We probably should've gone with the Chonese immersion in Downes Elementary near downtown Newark since that town is at least closer to our style (and we are always going there for restaurants), but I thought there might be more Chinese families in the Linden Hill immersion program. Anyway, we are very happy with the school.

Very nice to hear.

As long as the Wilmington area schools suffer from bussing, families will move their children to Middletown, Smyrna, and South Eastern PA. Hopefully one day they’ll get it right.

Of course if they do, the News Journal won’t have an every other day article on Sallies, or one of their graduates

[Icarus7]

Originally Posted by James420

Very nice to hear.

As long as the Wilmington area schools suffer from bussing, families will move their children to Middletown, Smyrna, and South Eastern PA. Hopefully one day they’ll get it right.

Of course if they do, the News Journal won’t have an every other day article on Sallies, or one of their graduates

City bussing out generally doesn't happen until middle school. If I'm still around by then I still very much intend on continuing the immersion path laid out into whatever school that takes place at, unless some experience instructs me otherwise.

[James420]

Originally Posted by Icarus7

City bussing out generally doesn't happen until middle school. If I'm still around by then I still very much intend on continuing the immersion path laid out into whatever school that takes place at, unless some experience instructs me otherwise.

Yes it does start then, and it’s why Brandywine school district lost students and closed schools during 2009-2012. Because Wilmington has high paying jobs and obviously Philly does, North Wilmington will always have a large population, and because of bussing the Private schools in that area will continue to thrive. It works out well for some, for myself and thousands of other families, we left.

[nuts2uiam]

Originally Posted by James420

Very nice to hear.

As long as the Wilmington area schools suffer from bussing, families will move their children to Middletown, Smyrna, and South Eastern PA. Hopefully one day they’ll get it right.

Of course if they do, the News Journal won’t have an every other day article on Sallies, or one of their graduates

But much better for the area than some of the bad news stories, no?