DIAA 2020 Fall State Championships Information. Stay informed:Tracking coronavirus cases in Delaware. "While this announcement will undoubtedly generate more questions for everyone, it also provides clarity for the District in our planning for the remainder of the school year. “I think given the situation right now, for us to assume that no school will have any cases is not necessarily a realistic approach.”. "This was not an easy decision for the Governor to make. I know this will be difficult for a lot of Delawareans, and Delaware students. In recent weeks, health officials have put emphasis on the rate of new positive cases, the number of daily hospitalizations and the percentage of people testing positive for the virus – all of which are metrics being used to determine how schools should reopen. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players Teams by MaxPreps The App For Coaches, Athletes & Parents MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams Gov. DIAA Board of Directors' Vote to Resume Sports This Fall All rights reserved. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer.”. As the start of the school year draws nearer, parents, teachers and students have all wondered: Is it safe to go back to school? DIAA Fall Sports Season to Begin September 28 . The rationale behind entitling this report as the “2020” report is that our 2020 Law School Rankings report and 2020 Law School Profiles are of considerable interest to prospective law school applicants who seek to enroll in classes commencing in fall 2020. Delaware joins more than two dozen other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania, which has closed schools for the academic year. While an official decision will not be made until next week, new criteria released by the state on Tuesday indicates that schools will likely reopen under a hybrid model. The state also released the criteria dictating the scenario under which schools may open. For the past month, Delaware has been in the hybrid model or “yellow scenario,” according to this criteria. What that looks like could vary from district to district, but would include some combination of face-to-face and online instruction. "The districts themselves will make the final decision.". Schools were initially shut down until March 30 under his first state of emergency and later pushed back to a May 18 reopening. EastSide Charter in Wilmington committed to a similar hybrid model earlier in the month. Division I (bracket) Division II (bracket) Fall 2019 Delaware High School Boys Soccer Playoff Brackets: DIAA. For the spring, we have increased the number of students living on campus to about 4,000 - or about 60% capacity. Cuomo undercuts de Blasio’s efforts to close schools until fall. More:How Delaware high schools stacked up nationally on annual U.S. News & World Report list. The state has paired each district with a liaison from the Division of Public Health to help determine if reopening is possible. Guidance to help Districts and Charters plan for three different learning scenarios based on COVID-19 spread WILMINGTON, Del. The 2021 Best Public Elementary Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. This guidance was developed with the help of Delaware's COVID-19 School Reopening Working Groups to support districts and charter schools as they designed their plans for the upcoming school year. If a teacher were to test positive, but consistently wore a mask and practiced social distancing, public health officials would not recommend other staff or students quarantine, Hong said. Gov. Rank is based on CUMULATIVE GPA. © 2021 www.delawareonline.com. With remote learning, many students slip through the digital cracks, How Delaware high schools stacked up nationally on annual U.S. News & World Report list, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The Diocese of Wilmington also announced it would close all school buildings for the remainder of the school year in both Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Delaware City Schools Board of Education on Tuesday made the decision to stay on the hybrid learning model for the rest of the 2020-2021 school year. Site Map. We serve nearly 2,600 students throughout our five school buildings: Albany Elementary, Eaton Elementary, Royerton Elementary, Delta Middle School, and Delta High School. Nothing replaces in-person instruction, and the services that […] 74 W. William Street. Districts and charter schools will use this guidance to formulate plans for the upcoming school year. Schools across the country have begun to reopen, and the traditional school day has been overhauled. 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However, schools also have the flexibility to start the year remotely should districts find they cannot meet health and safety requirements, such as social distancing in classrooms and on buses.