Appoquinimink School District

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The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building,[citation needed] 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware,[1] with Matthew Burrows as the current[when?] superintendent. Former superintendent Tony Marchio retired in June 2011. The district is growing by nearly 600 students every year,[when?][citation needed] making it the fastest growing school district in Delaware.[citation needed]

In addition to Odessa it serves Middletown, Townsend, and a portion of Glasgow.[2]

History[]

In 1983 Olive B. Loss, a teacher, was voted in as superintendent by all members of the school board.[3]

Schools[]

High schools (9-12)
Middle schools (6-8)
  • Alfred G. Waters Middle School
    • Waters was a 9th grade-only school for one year while AHS was being built, then opened as a 6-8 grade school in fall 2008. It has 25 classrooms and a 500 seat auditorium. The building, which had its dedication ceremony in 2007, was named after a principal of the Ninth Grade Academy, a woman[3]
  • Everett Meredith Middle School
    • Meredith opened as the grades 1-12 Middletown School in 1929. Its building previously housed MHS building until it moved to its current location in 1997. EMMS is named after a teacher and houses Appoquinimink Adult Continuing Education programs at night.[3]
  • Louis L. Redding Middle School
    • Middletown 120C opened in 1952 as a segregated 1-9 school for Black students. Its namesake is Louis L. Redding.[3]
Elementary schools (1-5)
  • Brick Mill Elementary
  • Bunker Hill Elementary
    • Opened in 2009. This school features movable classroom walls that can be reconfigured to support a variety of learning needs, learning pods anchoring each wing with technology stations and tiered reading nooks, indoor and outdoor stages, a broadcast and recording room, and a cafeteria design that features smaller seating groups and improved acoustics. It is the district's first two-story elementary school.
  • Cedar Lane Elementary
  • Lorewood Grove Elementary
  • Old State Elementary
  • Olive B. Loss Elementary
  • Silver Lake Elementary has 36 classrooms and over 710 students
    • In 1998 the school district did a program where 21 kindergarten students were put in a program with smaller class sizes, which resulted in higher student success.[4]
  • Townsend Elementary has 24 classrooms and over 570 students.
    • The 1998 smaller classes experiment was also done at Townsend.[4]
Early childhood centers
  • Appoquinimink Early Childhood Center
  • Brick Mill Early Childhood Center
  • Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center
  • Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center
  • Townsend Early Childhood Center

Facilities[]

The former Odessa School No. 61 houses the district headquarters.[3]

The Marion Proffitt Training Center is in Odessa.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Home". Appoquinimink School District. Retrieved 2021-06-20. 118 S. Sixth Street, Odessa, DE 19730
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e McVey, Shauna (2008-09-24). "Who are the people behind the Appoquinimink school names?". . Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Taylor, Allison (1998-06-11). "Smaller classes a big help". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. B3. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ https://bidcondocs.delaware.gov/ASD/ASD_19416R_FairviewFfe_rfp.pdf

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