Individuals desiring to address the board must read, complete and sign the Request Form. A link can be found at https://forms.gle/mvtzJat1KTKShUTj8. Those who sign up may speak for up to three minutes. Public comment time will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes

Vote to approve class size waiver, as per Del c 1705A, in grade 3. Two of our three 3rd grade classrooms do not satisfy the 22:1 student to teacher ratio. (see attached teacher/student breakdown for all grades, K-3)
...The ratio of students to instructors in any class in kindergarten or grades 1-3 in a Delaware public school shall not exceed 22 students as of the last school day of October. In calculating such ratio, a classroom instructional aide shall count as equal to half a teacher. This subsection shall only apply to a class within which students are instructed in the core academic subjects of English/Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies.

The Delaware State Police recently contacted us about the need to establish and maintain a CHRI Policy. From their initial communication - "Your agency receives Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) in response to fingerprint-based background checks. Since you are receiving CHRI for non-criminal justice-related functions (i.e. Licensing and Employment) your agency is considered a Non-Criminal Justice Agency (NCJA). The State Bureau of Identification (SBI) is responsible for ensuring any NCJA with access to CHRI is compliant with the FBI Compact Council and FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division policies and procedures. This assessment by the SBI of your organization must be performed minimally once every three years." The attached policy was created after reviewing the sample policy provided by the SBI.