Brandywine School District

Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves a portion of the city of Wilmington. The district also offers a program known as the gifted and talented program. The program is for children with a higher understanding of grade level assignments. There are three schools participating in this program: Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Claymont Elementary School, and P.S. duPont Middle School. Mount Pleasant High School and Talley Middle School offer the International Baccalaureate program for students who test into the program.

Brandywine School District
Location
1311 Brandywine Boulevard Wilmington, DE 19809
United States
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentLincoln Hohler
Schools16
NCES District ID1001240
Students and staff
Students10,500
Teachers919
Staff622
Other information
Websitebrandywineschools.org

Administration

The current superintendent is Lincoln Hohler. The current Board of Education President is John Skrobot III, and the current Vice President is Kristin Pidgeon.[1]

Demographic

In the 2019–2020 school year, the district enrolled 10,500 students and employed 919 teachers for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.43:1.[2] Between 2012 and 2016 it was recorded that the students 66% Caucasian, 22% African-American, 5% Asian, and 4% Hispanic or Latino. Within the district during this time 12.5% of families have an income below the poverty level, and 21.9% receive Food Stamp/SNAP benefits.[3]

Partnership

The school district partnered with the University of Delaware program TeenSHARP to help prepare selected students in the district for top colleges, where students engage in up to two college-level course each school year, for up to 4 years.[4]

Schools in the district

High schools (grades 9–12)

Middle schools (grades 6–8)

Elementary schools (grades K–5)

Preschool programs (PreK)

Notable events

A federal lawsuit was levied against the district in 2016, as a mis-identification and subsequent search discovered weapons in a students bag, caused a 5-day out of school suspension. After the mis-identification was discovered the father raised the suit of potential Fourth Amendment violations, when he discovered the suspension would stay on his sons record.[5] The lawsuit led, to students and their personal property cannot be searched without a parent or guardian present.[6]

In 2018, a blue school bus was unveiled to help feed students during the summer when school is out of session, and funded through the USDA's Summer Food Service Program. District Supervisor of School Nutrition Pam Gouge, highlighted the need for the bus as nearly half of the districts students qualify for a free or reduced lunch, and the Food Bank had pulled out of areas.[7] That year also saw the district participating in the National School Walkout, organized by the survivors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.[8]

In 2019 it was announced that a middle schooler from the district was invited to sit with Melania Trump for the 2019 State of the Union address, after reports that he was bullied as he shares the same last name as President Donald Trump.[9]

References
  1. "Meet the School Board". Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. "Welcome to the Brandywine School District!". Brandywine School District. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. "ACS-ED: Brandywine School District Demographic Dashboard 2012-2016". EDGE: Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  4. Thomas, Yvonne (November 3, 2017). "Our schools should challenge kids so they're ready for college: Delaware Voice". delawareonline. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  5. Hale Spencer, Saranac (April 6, 2016). "Brandywine School District faces civil rights suit". delawareonline. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  6. Cherry, Amy. "EXCLUSIVE | Brandywine School District changes policy after alleged unconstitutional search of student results in lawsuit". WDEL 101.7FM. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  7. Schmidt, Sophia. "Brandywine School District to feed kids with food bus this summer". www.delawarepublic.org. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  8. Cherry, Amy. "Brandywine will support National School Walkout, while Caesar Rodney declines". WDEL 101.7FM. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  9. "Boy bullied over Trump name to be president's guest at State of the Union". FOX31 Denver. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-02-05.

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