Why Should Delaware Care?In December, a state task force charged with reworking school district boundaries in Wilmington laid out a plan that would impact tens of thousands of families in New Castle County. Although the Redding Consortium aimed to present its final redistricting plan to lawmakers by June, the committee now says more time is needed.
A Delaware education task force predicted last year that lawmakers would be able to address its ambitious proposal to merge all Wilmington-area school districts by June.
But during a legislative budget hearing Tuesday, the co-chair of the task force, called the Redding Consortium, pushed back the timeline to the end of the calendar year. That means that the earliest the consolidation plan could be approved by the necessary parties is 2027…