Indian River District Schools
The Indian River School district will be putting security officers in every school and is considering arming them.
School Board President Charles Bireley said that the district wanted to provide the safest environment possible in the wake of recent school shootings.
But Superintended Susan Bunting told the Wilmington News Journal that it may not be possible to arm security officers who are not working law enforcement.
Currently, there is an on-duty Delaware State Police officer at each of the district’s two high schools as well as a Selbyville police officer who serves the three schools in that town.
Because they are working members of a law enforcement agency school resource officers are armed.
The News Journal also reports that the district will hire a school resource officer for G.W. Carver Center which handles students with discipline problems.
The rest of the security personnel will be hired by the district itself.
School Choice
DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state Senate is set to vote on a bill standardizing the school choice process in Delaware.
The bill to be voted on Tuesday cleared a Senate committee last week, just one day after receiving unanimous approval in the House.
School choice allows students to attend schools other than the ones they would attend under regular attendance policies.
Currently, school districts have their own criteria and application forms for accepting choice students, which some say results in confusion and discrimination.
The bill creates a uniform system for school choice applications, making the process easier for parents to navigate.
It also requires districts to use the same standards for choice students as they do for students in their regular attendance zones and eliminates discrimination against students with special needs.
