Delaware Met Will Remain Open; Highlights of Meeting

I attended the Delaware Met Special meeting tonight with Rep. Kowalko. Here are a few things that I wrote down during the meeting.

• During September the school has had climate issues.
• Ms. Hunter the school’s leader is out on leave and the interim leader is Sean Gallager
• Board member Nash Childs could not be there due to medical issues.
• 218 students are enrolled – well below their necessary enrollment number 264 students
  • 60 of the students are students with IEPs – how many are basic, complex and intensive?
  • There may still be undocumented students who need an IEP.
• Staff
  • 10 full time teachers
  • 2 Special Education teachers
  • recently hired 2 para
  • 1 Specialist – who does PE, Driver’s Ed, etc.
  • Principal
  • Counselor
  • Student Support person
  • They recently hired 3 full-time mentors
• Line of Credit is available for unexpected short-term cost
• Innovative Schools reported that the school is good to go financially
• Going to block scheduling
• Project Based Learning
• Big Picture Model
• Thursday Back to School Night
• Once a month survey out to parents.
• Students will received a survey every quarter.
• Staff will receive a survey as well, did not mention how often.
• It was mentioned that a personal connection was made with each family with a robo call and teachers were suppose to be contacting families, no one could report how many teachers actually spoke to a family member.