The requests for the grant application approvals were submitted by LuAnn Crosby, director of curriculum for the district.
The Innovation Center will begin in the 2015-16 school year and will serve as a platform for all middle school students to expand the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) learning strand.
Daria Schneider, district director of Food Service, Jeff D’Orazio, principal of Eddystone School,and Brenda Sweeney, principal of Woodlyn School, submitted a request to the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program that would allow students in these two schools to sample fresh fruit and vegetables three times a week throughout the 2015-16 school year. The total budget for the technical school budget is $12,286,905.
In her report to the school board, Ridley School District Superintendent Lee Ann Wentzel commended Woodlyn Elementary School students Savannah Marie Rose, second grade, and Isabella Louise Aungst, third grade, for placing second in the Delaware County Tobacco Free Coalition “Kick Butts Day” bookmark contest. The requests for the grant application approvals were submitted by LuAnn Crosby, director of curriculum for the district.
The Innovation Center will begin in the 2015-16 school year and will serve as a platform for all middle school students to expand the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) learning strand.
Daria Schneider, district director of Food Service, Jeff D’Orazio, principal of Eddystone School,and Brenda Sweeney, principal of Woodlyn School, submitted a request to the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program that would allow students in these two schools to sample fresh fruit and vegetables three times a week throughout the 2015-16 school year. Eddystone would receive $12,600 and Woodlyn, $18,180.
The Taylor Community Foundation will be asked for a $5,000 grant that would be used to purchase microscopes and digital microscopes images for a middle school science unit.
Deena Cellini, assistant principal at Ridley High School, and Amy Pickett, high school librarian, are seeking a $2,500 grant to purchase classic, award winning and newly published picture books to support the Preschool Lab and Child Development curriculum.
In another matter, the board approved a request from Dr. “And that does not include non-public school graduates,(who live in the district)” Capozzoli said.
Other district budget obligations for the 2015-16 school year include a $1,197,341 payment to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit Special Education Funding and Service Agreement, and $59,247 for the DCIU General Operating budget.
Also, the district’s share of the Delaware County Technical School for next year is $949,804. The total budget for the technical school budget is $12,286,905.
In her report to the school board, Ridley School District Superintendent Lee Ann Wentzel commended Woodlyn Elementary School students Savannah Marie Rose, second grade, and Isabella Louise Aungst, third grade, for placing second in the Delaware County Tobacco Free Coalition “Kick Butts Day” bookmark contest.
