Christina School District

The Christina School District is a Delaware public school district located primarily in the Newark area and a non-contiguous portion of Wilmington.  The district office is located in the Drew Educational Support Center, 600 North Lombard Street, in Wilmington, Delaware, with Richard L. Gregg as the current superintendent.

History

The district was created on July 1, 1981, from the New Castle County School District after Legislation passed in 1980 permitted the State Board of Education to divide the New Castle County School District into smaller districts.[1] Its administrative offices were formerly housed in the Old Newark Comprehensive School.

Lillian M. Lowery served as Superintendent of the Christina School District from 2006 until her appointment as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Education in 2009, and was subsequently appointed as Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education in 2012.[2][3]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools
  • Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
  • Kirk (George V.) Middle School
  • Shue-Medill Middle School

Elementary/middle schools
  • The Bancroft School
  • The Bayard School

Elementary schools
  • Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School
  • Brookside Elementary School
  • Downes (John R.) Elementary School
  • Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School
  • Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School
  • Keene (William B.) Elementary School
  • Leasure (May B.) Elementary School
  • Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School
  • Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School
  • McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School
  • Oberle (William A.) Elementary School
  • Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School
  • West Park Place Elementary School
  • Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School

Early childhood education
  • Christina Early Education Center
  • Stubbs Early Education Center

Other schools/programs
  • Brennen School - Delaware Autism Program
  • Delaware School for the Deaf
  • Douglass School
  • Middle School Honors Academy at Christiana High School
  • Montessori Academies at Christina
  • Networks School for Employability Skills
  • Christina R.E.A.C.H.
  • Sarah Pyle Academy

Controversy

The District has been criticized for its strict interpretation of its “no weapons” policy. In 2009 it suspended a six-year-old for taking a Cub Scout camping utensil to school and wanted to send the child to its alternative placement school for 45 days as punishment.[4] In 2007 the District expelled a seventh-grade girl for using a utility knife to cut windows out of a paper house for a class project. In 2011, a seventh grader was suspended and almost expelled for dyeing her hair.

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References
  1. "Online Guide to the Collections". Delaware Public Archives. State of Delaware. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. Lillian M. Lowery-State Superintendent of Schools-State Department of Education (Maryland Manual On-Line)
  3. Lillian M. Lowery-Superintendent's Biography-Maryland State Department of Education. Archived June 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Urbina, Ian (October 11, 2009). "It's a Fork, It's a Spoon, It's a ... Weapon?". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
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